Much interest has been seen in the KGC section of the forum. It does us all good to see the outstanding inroads being made when it comes to sign and symbol interpretation. I want to commend everyone for the time and effort they have put in on this. But the effort is also added to by the sharing of the info.

I want to especially say thanks to those members who went so far above and beyond and then posted the information for all of the group to benefit from.

Also notice that the gems and minerals forum has taken off, it is slowly getting some posts and would benefit from the input of members. Post what you have found, doesn't have to be pretty, there are a lot of good rock formations around ... and we have a forum for rocks too. so post what you find and maybe we can all come out of it a bit smarter than we were when we came in. Don't be afraid to post guys.

I know it is about time for me to update my blog with a new entry, so I am throwing this out for concidderation. How right are the history books we learned from?  I started to figure out how wrong they were about 30 years ago ...

here are a couple of my personal observations ...

Recently a map was presented to our local Museum, this map (dated somewhere in the early 1600s)is Spanish in origin. The interesting thing about it is that the 33rd longitude is marked as being the lay line for the cities of Cibola. This document confirms many things for me.

First; The Spanish were here much earlier than the history books document. Colorado history books for Western Colorado state that Fr. Escalante was the first Spanish into Western Colorado. He came looking for the "western passage" a trail that connects the west coast with the lower east coast.  It exists, just not where he looked. The expeditions looking for The "Seven Cities of Cibola" (Cities of Gold)Came through here almost 100 years prior to Escalante.  So at one time the Spanish were in and on this part of Colorado like ANTS.   (no wonder the indians had trouble with them so quickly, prior experience.)

Second; The Spanish came here with prior knowledge of a civilization that was here before time was counted on this continent. They thought it was the civilization that built Cibola, We who have actually found the evidence of this earlier group have come to believe other things.

Could this be the place called Ophir?The signs and monuments have a definite middle eastern look. Maybe they are phonecian, They sure look it.

Only time itself will tell. I only know that where ever we find these signs the Spanish were hot on the trail. They not only followed them but they modified many, destroyed others. the ones that escaped were the ones they seem to miss. The country is so prolific with these ancient monuments that they couldn't find them all. The ones that weren't destroyed are amazing to see. I will in the coming weeks post photos of some of these.   See if you don't agree. They have a definite middle eastern flavor.