Some Obscurish facts
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The April 5, 1909 edition of The Phoenix Gazette carried a story entitled 'Explorations in Grand Canyon.' According to the article, a man named G.E. Kinkaid made an astonishing discovery while on an expedition, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, in the Grand Canyon. Among his findings: A mammoth chamber about 1,480 feet underground from which radiates dozens of passageways 'like the spokes of a wheel.' - Several hundred rooms, some of which contain artifacts such as weapons and copper instruments of a kind that have never been known to be native to the Americas. - A crypt containing mummies - all adult males - wrapped in a bark fabric. - A shrine containing a Buddha-like idol sitting cross-legged with a lotus flower in each hand. - Stone tablets on which are carved mysterious Egyptian-like hieroglyphics. The article also mentions a legend of the Hopi Indians that says their ancestors once lived in an underworld in the Grand Canyon.
The April 5, 1909 edition of The Phoenix Gazette carried a story entitled 'Explorations in Grand Canyon.' According to the article, a man named G.E. Kinkaid made an astonishing discovery while on an expedition, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, in the Grand Canyon. Among his findings: A mammoth chamber about 1,480 feet underground from which radiates dozens of passageways 'like the spokes of a wheel.' - Several hundred rooms, some of which contain artifacts such as weapons and copper instruments of a kind that have never been known to be native to the Americas. - A crypt containing mummies - all adult males - wrapped in a bark fabric. - A shrine containing a Buddha-like idol sitting cross-legged with a lotus flower in each hand. - Stone tablets on which are carved mysterious Egyptian-like hieroglyphics. The article also mentions a legend of the Hopi Indians that says their ancestors once lived in an underworld in the Grand Canyon.