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Feature Articles –   The Burrows cave: Photographs In 1993, a Dutch edition of the discovery to date of The Burrows Cave was being prepared. Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the edition was never published. However, some of the photographs for the book has since been either lost or ignored. It is reproduced here as an appendix to the article. by Philip Coppens Gold artefact …

Feature Articles –   The Burrows cave: African gold in Illinois The story of the Burrows Cave is more about human behaviour than archaeology. It is the story of an alleged cave containing the tomb of an African king who reached North America in the 1st century AD – and the subsequent controversy that the artefacts created. by Philip Coppens Every discovery has its dangers. In …

Feature Articles –   Canyons of the Gods Both Bandelier National Monument (New Mexico) and Canyon de Chelly (Arizona) are not only wonders of the natural world, but the Native Americans selected them as sacred sites, where contact with the divine was possible. But the deities’ presence is actually visible in the rocks themselves! by Philip Coppens Situated at an altitude of 6000 feet, Bandelier National …

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