Archaeologist: Jesus was in Georgia
By Mary Joyce

The Etowah Indian Mounds are located northwest of Atlanta and south of Cartersville, Georgia near I-75.  Conventional archaeologists believe they are remnants of one the last great cities built by a Mississippian culture that arrived in the area about 950 AD.  However, other archaeologists postulate that some kind of a catastrophe caused the Maya of Central American to suddenly migrate into the North America before that date.  Some artifacts found at the site, like the one shown above, do look remarkably Mayan*.
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Archaeologist L. Taylor Hansen (1897-1976) spent 25 years researching ancient American tribal chants, legends and archaeological finds about a mysterious White Man who traveled through the Americas during the first century AD.  She found similar stories – all predating the arrival of Columbus and Christianity - from more than 30 tribes between Peru and Canada.  Eventually she compiled her findings in a book titled “He Walked the Americas.”

The legends say (1) that the mysterious White Man had a beard and hair with copper highlights and light colored eyes that were changeable like the sea, (2) that he wore a white robe with embroidered crosses on its hem, (3) that he had T-shaped markings on his hands,* (4) that he was a healer, miracle worker and a prophet who taught a religion of peace, (5) that he came from across the ocean and taught that there was only one God, (6) that he trained a leader plus 12 associates at each tribe he visited to continue his teachings when he moved on.

After a quarter century of discovering similar legends throughout the Western Hemisphere, Hansen concluded the mysterious White Man was Jesus who “came not only to one continent, but to all the world.”

According to Hansen, one of Jesus’ stops was in Etowah, Georgia where the Puan people were preparing for the annual Thanksgiving Ceremony to celebrate the safe arrival of the survivors who had “fled from burning Pahn.”  Pahn was the tribe’s name for Atlantis.*

Hansen writes:

“Famous all over the Americas now was the Mighty Master, and the people came from many miles away to see him. . . . Here he built a pyramid-temple, with painted logs as was the Puan custom, and dedicated it to Our Father, the Great Spirit. . . . It was during this rite of dedication of the Pyramid Temple in the place now called Etowa, Georgia, that the Prophet first mentioned the future.”

The legends say the Mighty Master stood high above the people, perhaps on the major mound shown in the above photo, and gave a dedication speech for the temple that had just been completed.  Then he had a two part vision which he shared with the people. 

First, he predicted a future civil war of the Puan people.  Second, he saw much further off in time that bearded men in ships from across the Sunrise Ocean (Atlantic) would destroy the native cities.  At the end of the two visions, the legends say the Mighty Master spoke these words about the bearded invaders:

“They do not respect our trees of cedar.
They are but hungry, unenlightened children.”

* FOOTNOTES:  (1) Hansen’s research opens up the possibility that Mayan art was a continuation of the Atlantean style. (2) There is confusion about the placement of the nails in Jesus’ hands.  Were they pounded into the palms or the wrists?  This could be explained by the fact that in some ancient cultures the hand included the forearm. (3) The similarity of the tribe’s name, “Puan,” and its name for Atlantis, “Pahn,” might indicate the origin of that tribe of people.

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Just before Christmas, The Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom published an article about the latest scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.  The results show the purported burial cloth of Christ is not a medieval forgery and may very well be authentic. We’ve added the boldface highlights.

Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ's authentic burial robe
By Nick Squires with The Telegraph

December 19, 2011 – Italian scientists have conducted a series of advanced experiments which, they claim, show that the marks on the shroud – purportedly left by the imprint of Christ's body – could not possibly have been faked with technology that was available in the medieval period. . . .

Skeptics have long claimed that the shroud is a medieval forgery, and radiocarbon testing conducted by laboratories in Oxford, Zurich and Arizona in 1988 appeared to back up the theory, suggesting that it dated from between 1260 and 1390.

But those tests were in turn disputed on the basis that they were skewed by contamination by fibres from cloth that was used to repair the relic when it was damaged by fire in the Middle Ages. . . .

"The double image (front and back) of a scourged and crucified man, barely visible on the linen cloth of the Shroud of Turin, has many physical and chemical characteristics that are so particular that the staining ... is impossible to obtain in a laboratory," concluded experts from Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development.

The scientists set out to "identify the physical and chemical processes capable of generating a colour similar to that of the image on the Shroud."  They concluded that the exact shade, texture and depth of the imprints on the cloth could only be produced with the aid of ultraviolet lasers – technology that was clearly not available in medieval times.

The scientists used extremely brief pulses of ultraviolet light to replicate the kind of marks found on the burial cloth.

They concluded that the iconic image of the bearded man must therefore have been created by "some form of electromagnetic energy (such as a flash of light at short wavelength)." Although they stopped short of offering a non-scientific explanation for the phenomenon, their findings will be embraced by those who believe that the marks on the shroud were miraculously created at the moment of Christ's Resurrection. . . .

Prof Paolo Di Lazzaro, the head of the team, said: "When one talks about a flash of light being able to colour a piece of linen in the same way as the shroud, discussion inevitably touches on things like miracles and resurrection.  But as scientists, we were concerned only with verifiable scientific processes. . . .”

Tests back up American research

The research, conducted in laboratories in Frascati, a town outside Rome famous for its white wine, backs up the outcome of tests by a group of 31 American scientists between 1978 and 1981.

The Americans – who called themselves the Shroud of Turin Research Project or STURP – conducted 120 hours of X-rays and ultraviolet light tests on the linen cloth.

They concluded that the marks were not made by paints, pigments or dyes and that the image was not "the product of an artist," but that at the same time it could not be explained by modern science.

"There are no chemical or physical methods known which can account for the totality of the image, nor can any combination of physical, chemical, biological or medical circumstances explain the image adequately."

The US team – which included nuclear physicists, thermal chemists, biophysicists and forensic pathologists – concluded: "The image is an ongoing mystery."

Scientists have never been able to explain how the image of a man's body, complete with nail wounds to his wrists and feet, pinpricks from thorns around his forehead and a spear wound to his chest, could have formed on the cloth. . . .

   
(L) Photo taken through a night vision lens of two people on a Star Watch Tour
 (R) 3rd generation military night vision goggles

“Night vision goggles changed my life,” says Dawn Bankson, owner of Star Watch Tours in Asheville, North Carolina. 

The single mother who has a degree in communications, a master’s degree in education and has worked professionally as a teacher, marketing director, and communications director for a state senator gave it all up after a trip to Arizona and New Mexico with her son.

“The day we were leaving Sedona,” Dawn explains, “we saw a card that guaranteed UFO sightings with night vision goggles.  So we stayed an extra night and were taken out to a ranch that had been seized by the federal government because, for some reason, they were digging into the side of a mountain.  From the edge of the cliff overlooking the excavation, we saw several things through the goggles, but the thing that took my breath away was an almond-shaped light. 

 “The object came all the way from one edge of the horizon to straight above me and then made a complete circle,” she says.  “At that moment, I noticed another similar object coming from the opposite edge of the horizon and the two met directly above me and then they instantly disappeared.  Satellites, shooting stars and meteorites don’t do that and I don’t know anything manmade that can move that fast.

“I know it’s a strange thing to say,” Dawn says with a smile, “but after that experience I just decided I wanted my life to be about something more and ultimately I felt led to Asheville to start Star Watch Tours.  To the best of my knowledge, the only other night vision star tours in the country are in Arizona and California.”

Not only did Dawn toss aside a secure professional path and leave her home in Alabama, she made a sizeable investment in five 3rd generation military night vision goggles which are listed around $3,500 each.

What to expect on a Star Watch Tour

“In addition to 3rd generation military night vision goggles, we provide camping chairs, blankets, and laser pointers so people can point to things in the sky for other people to notice.  Then we take people out somewhere in the middle of nowhere and away from city lights so they can get a clear view of the sky. 

 “With the naked eye you might see a dozen stars in the sky and occasionally a shooting star or a very low flying satellite.  With the night vision goggles, you literally see too many stars to count – thousands and thousands.

“You’ll also see what we call ‘Travelers.’  That’s the name I’ve given the lights that are almost the size of stars and traverse around the sky without any kind of limitations.  We see them all the time, but they’re not visible to the naked eye.

“We also see objects that are much bigger than stars but still aren’t visible except through the goggles.  Those usually just glide along.  

“The tours typically are three to four hour events.  Currently we have a special rate of $60/person for groups of five, or $75/person for couples.  It’s possible to take out larger groups if people are willing to share goggles; then the cost per person is reduced.  Some people who live in the country have invited friends over for a star watch gathering in their yards.”

For more information, go to www.starwatchtours.com.  Make sure to open the listing for the website’s home page.