| Greetings, and welcome to the April 2015 newsletter from Gavin Menzies.Net! These last few months have seen a steady stream of new research and information being sent our way. This newsletter is "link" heavy, so you might want to sit down and put your feet up before wading in to the new content! We hope that you enjoy the selection of stories that we have linked to below, and look forward to hearing from you in the future. Best wishes, Gavin, Ian and the team Evidence of pre-Columbian trade found in Alaska house: http://www.livescience.com/50506-artifacts-reveal-pre-columbus-trade.html American Unearthed:
Some of you might have watched Scott Wolter's popular "America Unearthed" television series. One episode, entitled "Marco Polo Discovers America" featured Gunnar Thompson and S. L. Lee's research into early Chinese contact with the Americas. You can find out more about the series here:
http://www.history.com/shows/america-unearthed
We are yet to have seen the episode so cannot comment on the content, but hope to watch it when it becomes available in the UK. Ancient lime kiln found at Newport: Gunnar Thompson's recent research on the Newport Tower can be viewed here: http://ancientamerica.com/ancient-lime-kiln-found-at-newport-ri/ You can read more about Gunnar and SL Lee's work in the latest Midwestern Epigraphic Society newsletter. Further details here: http://www.midwesternepigraphic.org The Chinese in America documented: Charlotte Harris Rees recently recorded an interview with K. J. Prestwidge, which can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSW2hyBAxw "European maps, Chinese sources":
Read Chao C. Chien's most recent article here:
http://ancientamerica.com/european-maps-chinese-sources/ Great Blue Hole off Belize yields new clues to fall of Mayan civilisation: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/03/great-blue-hole-belize-clues-fall-mayan-civilisation Genetic study of Chilcotin's wild horses finds surprising links to Siberia: http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/media/genetic-study-chilcotin%E2%80%99s-wild-horses-finds-surprising-links-siberia 'First human' discovered in Ethiopia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336?fb_ref=Default Ancient Egyptian Tombs With Eye-Popping Murals Discovered In Luxor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/ancient-egypt-tombs-luxor_n_6855154.html |
