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the Smithsonian Institution and other archaeological authorities con- The World Explorers Club decided to check on this story by call- ducted a campaign of disinformation against the discoveries. The ing the Smithsonian in Washington DC, though we felt there was Smithsonian had, early in the controversy, dismissed the entire __ little chance of getting any real information. After speaking briefly Acdmbaro collection as an elaborate hoax. Also, utilising the to an operator, we were transferred to a Smithsonian staff archaeolo- Freedom of Information Act, Tierney discovered that practically the gist, and a woman's voice came on the phone and identified herself. entirety of the Smithsonian's Julsrud case files are missing. I told her that I was investigating a story from a 1909 Phoenix After two expeditions to the site in 1955 and 1968, Professor newspaper article about the Smithsonian Institution's having exca- Charles Hapgood, a professor of history and anthropology at the vated rock-cut vaults in the Grand Canyon where Egyptian artefacts University of New Hampshire, recorded the results of his 18-year had been discovered, and whether the Smithsonian Institution could investigation of Acdémbaro in a privately printed book entitled 8!V¢ me any more information on the subject. . Mystery In Acémbaro. Hapgood was initially an open-minded scep- “Well, the first thing I can tell you, before we go any further," she tic concerning the collection but became a believer after his first Said, "is that no Egyptian artefacts of any kind have ever been found visit in 1955, at which time he witnessed some of the figures being in North or South America. Therefore, I can tell you that the excavated and even dictated to the diggers where he wanted them to Smithsonian Institution has never been involved in any such excava- | dig. | _ i quite helpful ~ —— ? tap oars noth- : —_T p « ms : ing. Neither she nor anyone else with whom I spoke cou! any en Lhd ee Lee = Mianin deweah — of the discovery or either G.E. Kinkaid and Professor S.A. the late Director of Prehispanic Monuments, Dr Eduardo Noguera, - . ‘ . (who, as head of an official investigating team at the site, issued a aan - mpamte a A — Coe tees Ate bee 7 report which Tierney will be publishing), admitted “the apparent ha dl Setieetied hinelee aisl case 4 it A phe “= scientific legality with which these objects were found." Despite i 1B fe = I =f 8 deal ey credibili #f evidence of their own eyes, however, officials declared that because BL EE cas, ar Wena Pane, Me 8 geet weiss eo foe: , is hard to believe such a story could have come out of thin air. - - — Fantamtic' nature, they hnd/to heve-been a hoax pinpexi Is the Smithsonian inteaen covering up an archaeological dis- on Julsrud! ‘ i . . covery of immense importance? If this story is true it would radi- A disappointed but ever-hopeful Julsrud died. His house was sold catp tangs the —_d_e that there Aas transoceanic contact and the collection put in storage. The collection is not currently in pre-Columbian times, and that all American Indians, on both con- open to the public. tinents, are descended from Ice Age explorers who came across the Perhaps the most amazing suppression of all is the excavation of —_ Bering Strait. (Any information on G.E. Kinkaid and Professor S.A. an Egyptian tomb by the Smithsonian itself in Arizona. A lengthy Jordan, or their alleged discoveries, that readers may have would be front page story of the Phoenix Gazette on 5 April 1909 (see page greatly appreciated.) 39), gave a highly detailed report of the discovery and excavation of Is the idea that ancient Egyptians came to the Arizona area in the a rock-cut vault by an expedition led by a Professor S.A. Jordan of ancient past so objectionable and preposterous that it must be cov- the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian, however, claims to have ered up? Perhaps the Smithsonian Institution is more interested in absolutely no knowledge of the discovery or its discoverers. maintaining the status quo than rocking the boat with aston- = = ishing new discoveries that overtum previously accepted aca- demic teachings. Historian and linguist Carl Hart, editor of World Explorer, then obtained a hiker's map of the Grand Canyon from a bookstore in Chicago. Poring over the map, we were amazed to see that much of the area on the north side of the canyon has Egyptian names. The area around Ninety-four Mile Creek and Trinity Creek had areas (rock formations, appar- ently) with names like Tower of Set, Tower of Ra, Horus Temple, Osiris Temple, and Isis Temple. In the Haunted Canyon area were such names as the Cheops Pyramid, the Buddha Cloister, Buddha Temple, Manu Temple and Shiva Temple. Was there any relationship between these places and the alleged Egyptian discoveries in the Grand Canyon? We called a state archaeologist at the Grand Canyon, and were told that the early explorers had just liked Egyptian and Hindu names, but that it was true that this area was off limits to hikers or other visitors, "because of dangerous caves.” Indeed, this entire area with the Egyptian and Hindu place names in the Grand Canyon is a forbidden zone--no one is allowed into this large area. We could only conclude that this was the area where the . vaults were located. Yet today, this area is curiously off-lim- its to all hikers and even, in large part, park personnel. I believe that the discerning reader will see that if only a small part of the ‘Smithsoniangate’ evidence is true, then our most hallowed archaeological institution has been actively involved in suppressing evidence for advanced American cul- tures, evidence for ancient voyages of various cultures to North America, evidence for anomalistic giants and other oddball artefacts, and evidence that tends to disprove the offi- cial dogma that is now the history of North America. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents still refuses to open its meetings to the news media or the public. If Americans were ever allowed inside the ‘nation's attic’, as the Smithsonian has been called, what skeletons might they find? = i Two photos of the bizarre Acambaro collection. Top: Priest-like figures plus ‘prehistoric animals'. Bottom: Strange reptile-like animal is greeted by a goggle-eyed woman. Vol 2, No 13 - 1993 38°NEXUS