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To: Fedora
"I've noticed a few things among the American Indians that stike me as reminiscent of Scythian/Celtic culture, which has led me to wonder if possibly these traits may have been transmitted to America via Phoenician trade. Any thoughts/links?"

Was America A Phoenician Colony?

Also, read Barry Fell's book, America BC.

51 posted on 02/23/2004 3:28:25 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
Was America A Phoenician Colony?

Also, read Barry Fell's book, America BC.

Thanks--interesting link, esp. the part about the coins which I hadn't heard before. I think I remember Heyerdahl also talking about some of the plants common to the Old and New World which may have been indicative of trade. On Fell, I read Fell's book a while back and remember that his Egyptian/Carthaginian/Iberian epigraph, mentioned on the link you give, was one of the things that got me started thinking about this--that and the cultural parallels I mentioned in my other post. Unfortunately I don't own a copy of the book so I've forgotten some of the details he gives--I seem to remember him also talking about Celtic runes, which was one of the reasons I was considering the possibility of a Phoenician-Scythian-Celt connection.

52 posted on 02/23/2004 3:43:52 PM PST by Fedora
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