04-09-2013, 02:01 PM
Without wanting this thread to degenerate into some king of paranormal discussion group, I think the missing copper question is more linked to the strange artifacts at the bottom of Rock Lake in Wisconsin- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Lake_(Wisconsin) Some researchers claim that the lake was created by Native Americans in order to submerge the mounds and copper smelting facilities there.
It is entirely possible that the Chinese visited the USA long before Columbus arrived as a number of mill stones of the type that the Chinese ships used as anchors hav been found off the coast of California.
Another intriguing account of a possible one-off visit is that in Spanish records of a statue that was found by the Spanish when they were conquering South America. It apparently was of a western looking man wearing a long robe with a form of mitred hat and having a ringleted beard, who was holding a book. The Spanish considered it to be blasmekphous as it apparently looked too much like Jesus and had it destroyed. The natives where it was found told tales of being visited by 'white men in long boats'.
Anyway, thats stuff for others to look at on other forums, lets get back to Attic Helmet discussion.
Many Late Roman artworks and monumental works show even the 'common' infantry wearing Attic style browguard helmets. I'm off to Istanbul in two weeks ime and hope to take as many photographs of the remains of the Column of Theodosius and the Column of Arcadius as I possibly can to see if the pen & ink drawings of those columns correspond to the fragmentary remains.
It is entirely possible that the Chinese visited the USA long before Columbus arrived as a number of mill stones of the type that the Chinese ships used as anchors hav been found off the coast of California.
Another intriguing account of a possible one-off visit is that in Spanish records of a statue that was found by the Spanish when they were conquering South America. It apparently was of a western looking man wearing a long robe with a form of mitred hat and having a ringleted beard, who was holding a book. The Spanish considered it to be blasmekphous as it apparently looked too much like Jesus and had it destroyed. The natives where it was found told tales of being visited by 'white men in long boats'.
Anyway, thats stuff for others to look at on other forums, lets get back to Attic Helmet discussion.
Many Late Roman artworks and monumental works show even the 'common' infantry wearing Attic style browguard helmets. I'm off to Istanbul in two weeks ime and hope to take as many photographs of the remains of the Column of Theodosius and the Column of Arcadius as I possibly can to see if the pen & ink drawings of those columns correspond to the fragmentary remains.
Adrian Coombs-Hoar
