western scandanavian red-paint found in new england dated to near 5000 b.c. cup and ring petroglyphs from 3200 b.c. to 1000 b.c. in north america megaliths and ogham/celtic in south america from 3000-1000 b.c. sumerians in s.a. in 2000 b.c. old copper culture in michigan/great lakes in 2000 b.c. nordic, celtic, and more in canada in 1700 b.c. iberian, celtic, and egyptian contact with american indians in the NE in 1500 b.c. traders from carthage in north america in 300-100 b.c. celtiberian and ogham inscriptions found in eastern tennessee dated from 250 b.c. carthaginian/punic script found in mayan temples dated from a.d. 1-200 hebrew inscriptiond found at bat creek tennessee from a.d. 225-625,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,these occurances dated from a.d. 225--a.d. 1450 = roman shipwrech found near rio de janeiro roman ship found off beverly mass. libyan script in mayan temple, comalcalco mexico celtic christians leave text in caves in west virginia moslem/arab rock carvings in western desert states of n.a. vikings in greenland, laborador, newfoundland viking church tower in newport rhode island west african presence in the caribean norse explorers in minnesota norse/celtic in new england// westford massachusetts basque fishing fleets on n.a. coast also tells of druids, tarshish, celtic, spanish, portugese, irish, and other people that left traces of their being in americas long before old christopher columbus..........he definantly got credit that should have went to many others...........hundreds of pictures of ancient writing/symbols found in americas, and some very good research material listed in the back...............................gldhntr