Claimed Phoenician/Old World artifacts in the Americas, ON TRIAL ("Before 1492"): Paraiba inscription (Brazil, 1872; hoax vs. Cyrus Gordon 1968); Pedra da Gavea (Rio;…
Year: 1492 · Places: South America
SUMMARYClaimed Phoenician/Old World artifacts in the Americas, ON TRIAL ("Before 1492"): Paraiba inscription (Brazil, 1872; hoax vs. Cyrus Gordon 1968); Pedra da Gavea (Rio; erosion vs. inscription); Carthaginian gold staters, about 350 BC (Mark McMenamin 1996: map incl. the Americas); Los Lunas Decalogue Stone (NM); Bat Creek stone (P052); Barry Fell, America B.C. (1976); Michigan tablets (P049, P091). Test: independent epigraphers, dating of stones and context, documented find-spots.