FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE - Egypt in America!

by A. True Ott, PhD!

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Below is the complete article published on the front page of the Arizona Gazette, April 5,
1909 in its pure un-edited form. Because little or no “follow up” on such a breathtaking story
was ever done, most people who even know about it, are of the opinion it was (is) all a massive
hoax, ors the fodder of some fringe “conspiracy theory”. Of course, that is possible, but is it
probable? In other words, is it likely that a credible newspaper would engage in such a thing?!
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Could it be even remotely possible that nationwide media moguls put pressure on the
owners of the Gazette, to make sure that this story never again made front page headlines? I
submit that this is one of the biggest coverups in American history, and the ramifications of this
story should be quite obvious - the history of pre-Columbian North America has been
systematically falsified and artifacts that challenge the official historical dogma have been
destroyed or confiscated. This paper will present the facts that an internationally significant, and
priceless treasure of incredible proportions has been wrongfully sequestered from the general
public. I submit it is high time to set the record straight. !
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EXPLORATIONS IN GRAND CANYON!
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Mysteries of Immense High!
Cavern Being Brought!
to Light!
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JORDAN IS ENTHUSED!
Remarkable Finds Indicate!
Ancient People Migrated!
From Orient!
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The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not
only the oldest archeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the
world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by
G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during
a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado, in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several
months ago.!
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According to the story related to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archeologists of the
Smithsonian Institute [1], which is financing the expeditions, have made discoveries which
almost conclusively prove that the race which inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid
rock by human hands, was of oriental origin, possibly from Egypt, tracing back to Ramses. If
their theories are borne out by the translation of the tablets engraved with hieroglyphics, the
mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North America, their ancient arts, who they were and
whence they came, will be solved. Egypt and the Nile, and Arizona and the Colorado will be
linked by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest fancy of the
fictionist.!
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A Thorough Examination!
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Under the direction of Prof. S. A. Jordan, the Smithsonian Institute is now prosecuting the most
thorough explorations, which will be continued until the last link in the chain is forged. Nearly a
mile underground, about 1480 feet below the surface, the long main passage has been delved
into, to find another mammoth chamber from which radiates scores of passageways, like the
spokes of a wheel.!
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Several hundred rooms have been discovered, reached by passageways running from the main
passage, one of them having been explored for 854 feet and another 634 feet. The recent finds
include articles which have never been known as native to this country, and doubtless they had
their origin in the orient. War weapons, copper instruments, sharp-edged and hard as steel,
indicate the high state of civilization reached by these strange people. So interested have the
scientists become that preparations are being made to equip the camp for extensive studies,
and the force will be increased to thirty or forty persons.!
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Mr. Kinkaid's Report!
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Mr. Kinkaid was the first white child born in Idaho and has been an explorer and hunter all his
life, thirty years having been in the service of the Smithsonian Institute. Even briefly recounted,
his history sounds fabulous, almost grotesque.!
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"First, I would impress that the cavern is nearly inaccessible. The entrance is 1,486 feet down
the sheer canyon wall. It is located on government land and no visitor will be allowed there
under penalty of trespass. The scientists wish to work unmolested, without fear of archeological
discoveries being disturbed by curio or relic hunters.!
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A trip there would be fruitless, and the visitor would be sent on his way. The story of how I found
the cavern has been related, but in a paragraph: I was journeying down the Colorado river in a
boat, alone, looking for mineral. Some forty-two miles up the river from the El Tovar Crystal
canyon, I saw on the east wall, stains in the sedimentary formation about 2,000 feet above the
river bed. There was no trail to this point, but I finally reached it with great difficulty.!
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Above a shelf which hid it from view from the river, was the mouth of the cave. There are steps
leading from this entrance some thirty yards to what was, at the time the cavern was inhabited,
the level of the river. When I saw the chisel marks on the wall inside the entrance, I became
interested, securing my gun and went in. During that trip I went back several hundred feet along
the main passage till I came to the crypt in which I discovered the mummies. One of these I
stood up and photographed by flashlight. I gathered a number of relics, which I carried down the
Colorado to Yuma, from whence I shipped them to Washington with details of the discovery.
Following this, the explorations were undertaken.!
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The Passages!
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"The main passageway is about 12 feet wide, narrowing to nine feet toward the farther end.
About 57 feet from the entrance, the first side-passages branch off to the right and left, along
which, on both sides, are a number of rooms about the size of ordinary living rooms of today,
though some are 30 by 40 feet square. These are entered by oval-shaped doors and are
ventilated by round air spaces through the walls into the passages. The walls are about three
feet six inches in thickness.!
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The passages are chiseled or hewn as straight as could be laid out by an engineer. The ceilings
of many of the rooms converge to a center. The side-passages near the entrance run at a sharp
angle from the main hall, but toward the rear they gradually reach a right angle in direction.!
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The Shrine!
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"Over a hundred feet from the entrance is the cross-hall, several hundred feet long, in which are
found the idol, or image, of the people's god, sitting cross-legged, with a lotus flower or lily in
each hand. The cast of the face is oriental, and the carving this cavern. The idol almost
resembles Buddha, though the scientists are not certain as to what religious worship it
represents. Taking into consideration everything found thus far, it is possible that this worship
most resembles the ancient people of Tibet.!
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Surrounding this idol are smaller images, some very beautiful in form; others crooked-necked
and distorted shapes, symbolical, probably, of good and evil. There are two large cactus with
protruding arms, one on each side of the dais on which the god squats. All this is carved out of
hard rock resembling marble. In the opposite corner of this cross-hall were found tools of all
descriptions, made of copper. These people undoubtedly knew the lost art of hardening this
metal, which has been sought by chemicals for centuries without result. On a bench running
around the workroom was some charcoal and other material probably used in the process.
There is also slag and stuff similar to matte, showing that these ancients smelted ores, but so
far no trace of where or how this was done has been discovered, nor the origin of the ore.!
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"Among the other finds are vases or urns and cups of copper and gold, made very artistic in
design. The pottery work includes enameled ware and glazed vessels. Another passageway
leads to granaries such as are found in the oriental temples. They contain seeds of various
kinds. One very large storehouse has not yet been entered, as it is twelve feet high and can be
reached only from above. Two copper hooks extend on the edge, which indicates that some sort
of ladder was attached. These granaries are rounded, as the materials of which they are
constructed, I think, is a very hard cement. A gray metal is also found in this cavern, which
puzzles the scientists, for its identity has not been established. It resembles platinum. Strewn
promiscuously over the floor everywhere are what people call "cats eyes', a yellow stone of no
great value. Each one is engraved with the head of the Malay type.!
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The Hieroglyphics!
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"On all the urns, or walls over doorways , and tablets of stone which were found by the image
are the mysterious hieroglyphics, the key to which the Smithsonian Institute hopes yet to
discover. The engraving on the tables probably has something to do with the religion of the
people. Similar hieroglyphics have been found in southern Arizona. Among the pictorial writings,
only two animals are found. One is of prehistoric type.!
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The Crypt!
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"The tomb or crypt in which the mummies were found is one of the largest of the chambers, the
walls slanting back at an angle of about 35 degrees. On these are tiers of mummies, each one
occupying a separate hewn shelf. At the head of each is a small bench, on which is found
copper cups and pieces of broken swords. Some of the mummies are covered with clay, and all
are wrapped in a bark fabric.!
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The urns or cups on the lower tiers are crude, while as the higher shelves are reached, the urns
are finer in design, showing a later stage of civilization. It is worthy of note that all the mummies
examined so far have proved to be male, no children or females being buried here. This leads to
the belief that this exterior section was the warriors' barracks.!
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"Among the discoveries no bones of animals have been found, no skins, no clothing, no
bedding. Many of the rooms are bare but for water vessels. One room, about 40 by 700 feet,
was probably the main dining hall, for cooking utensils are found here. What these people lived
on is a problem, though it is presumed that they came south in the winter and farmed in the
valleys, going back north in the summer.!
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Upwards of 50,000 people could have lived in the caverns comfortably. One theory is that the
present Indian tribes found in Arizona are descendants of the serfs or slaves of the people
which inhabited the cave. Undoubtedly a good many thousands of years before the Christian
era, a people lived here which reached a high stage of civilization. The chronology of human
history is full of gaps. Professor Jordan is much enthused over the discoveries and believes that
the find will prove of incalculable value in archeological work.!
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"One thing I have not spoken of, may be of interest. There is one chamber of the passageway to
which is not ventilated, and when we approached it a deadly, snaky smell struck us. Our light
would not penetrate the gloom, and until stronger ones are available we will not know what the
chamber contains. Some say snakes, but other boo-hoo this idea and think it may contain a
deadly gas or chemicals used by the ancients. No sounds are heard, but it smells snaky just the
same. The whole underground installation gives one of shaky nerves the creeps. The gloom is
like a weight on one's shoulders, and our flashlights and candles only make the darkness
blacker. Imagination can revel in conjectures and ungodly daydreams back through the ages
that have elapsed till the mind reels dizzily in space."!
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An Indian Legend!
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In connection with this story, it is notable that among the Hopi Indians the tradition is told that
their ancestors once lived in an underworld in the Grand Canyon till dissension arose between
the good and the bad, the people of one heart and the people of two hearts. Machetto, who was
their chief, counseled them to leave the underworld, but there was no way out. The chief then
caused a tree to grow up and pierce the roof of the underworld, and then the people of one
heart climbed out. They tarried by Paisisvai (Red River), which is the Colorado, and grew grain
and corn.!
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They sent out a message to the Temple of the Sun, asking the blessing of peace, good will and
rain for people of one heart. That messenger never returned, but today at the Hopi villages at
sundown can be seen the old men of the tribe out on the housetops gazing toward the sun,
looking for the messenger. When he returns, their lands and ancient dwelling place will be
restored to them. That is the tradition.!
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Among the engravings of animals in the cave is seen the image of a heart over the spot where it
is located. The legend was learned by W.E. Rollins, the artist, during a year spent with the Hopi
Indians.!
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There are two theories of the origin of the Egyptians. One is that they came from Asia; another
that the racial cradle was in the upper Nile region. Heeren, an Egyptologist, believed in the
Indian origin of the Egyptians. The discoveries in the Grand Canyon may throw further light on
human evolution and prehistoric ages.!
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Footnote: !
1. Throughout this article the Gazette refers to the Smithsonian Institution as the Smithsonian
Institute.!
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Here, now, for your hopefully objective consideration, is the “Story Behind the Story”
concerning the enigmatic article above. The complete story of necessity involves the Hopi
Nation, their oral traditions and legends, and the thorough dissection of their history behind the
1909 article. Decide for yourself if this is all a meaningless hoax. Buckle up - I promise you,
this is going to be quite a wild ride with many twists and turns. The pictures and inside story
were given to me by a Washington D.C. contact with intimate knowledge of the Smithsonian.!
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What the 1909 article failed to mention is that the “Kincaid Tunnel” complex described in the
article, was actually first discovered and explored by the intrepid one-armed adventurer, Major
John Wesley Powell in the year 1869. Following the Civil War, (then-Captain Powell was
wounded in the battle of Shiloh resulting in the amputation of his right arm at the shoulder),
Powell accepted a federal government contract to map and explore the vast, previously largely
uncharted region of Brigham Young’s “State of Deseret” (modern day Utah) - specifically the
mysterious drainage of the Green River and the “Grand River” (i.e.the Colorado) as it was called
in 1869. On May 24, at the height of the spring runoff, Powell and his intrepid group of 10 men
loaded 10 months of supplies and gear into four woefully small wooden boats at the location of
the modern-day town of Green River, Wyoming, and despite the jeers and warnings from the
local populace, proceeded to guide their craft to the perils and wonders that awaited them
downstream. After the first day, one member of the group, an Englishman named Frank
Goodman, decided to listen to the warnings, and hiked back to Green River. Three others,
William Dunn and the Howland Brothers, after nearly three months of shooting deadly rapids,
also decided to leave the expedition on August 30, just two days before Powell finally entered
the placid waters of the lower Virgin River after traveling over 930 miles of waterway - the
majority being white-water rapids. Dunn and the Howland Brothers eventually made their way
to the Mormon settlement of Tocquerville, where they were immediately arrested and eventually
executed as “Gentile Spies” by the paranoid followers of “Brother Brigham”. !
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Immediately upon reaching civilization in September of 1869, Major Powell dispatched a
detailed voluminous report to President Grant in Washington, wherein he wrote these words: “In
this Canyon, great numbers of Man made Caves are hollowed out. I first walked down a gorge
to the left of a Cliff and climbed to a Bench of the Cliff. There was a Trail on the Cliff Bench that
was deeply worn into the Rock Formation. Where the Trail crossed some Gulches some Steps
had been cut. I could see no evidence that the Trail had been traveled in a long time. I returned
to our Camp about 3:00 PM and and the men had found more Egyptian Hieroglyphics on Cliff
Walls near the Cave. We explored the Cave and found this Shrine (which he sketched) and
other Artifacts. That evening (immediately after reaching the town) I sent a team member to
notifie (sic) the Smithsonian Institute of our discovery.” In his journal, he wrote: “We continued
to Survey the Canyon and discovered more Egyptian Tunnel Cities. I estimate in my Report that
I think that upwards of 50,000 Egyptians had inhabited the Grand Canyon at one time.”!
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The key thing to note is the fact that Major Powell was an educated man - he clearly knew
enough to specifically identify the carvings as “Egyptian Hieroglyphics” as opposed to Native
“petroglyphs”. Eighteen months later, in 1871, Powell once again journeyed into the area in
yet another expedition and would once again explore the “Egyptian” cave. This time, however,
perhaps because the descriptions and crude sketching he gave concerning the contents of the
cave were so incredible - a professional photographer was assigned to the expedition. Due to
the killing of Dunn and the Howlands in his first expedition, Powell received the blessing of
Mormon “Indian Agent” Jacob Hamblin - and actually employed the adopted Indian “son” of
Hamblin as a guide and hunter - the Paiute known as Tau-Gu - (aka Jacob Vernon Hamblin).
The photographer was able to take a number of great photos, one of which I present here:!
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Here we see Major Powell conversing with Tau-Gu (aka Jacob Vernon
Hamblin), at the area of the cave which Tau-Gu adamantly refused to
enter. In the Paiute tradition, areas marked with the “sign language” of
the “skin-walker” they called “Innupits” were taboo and haunted.
Indeed, it’s amazing how close the Paiute word for the evil spirit
“Innupits” is to the Egyptian jackal-headed god of the dead called
Anubis. In fact, inside the cave was also a statue of the Egyptian figure
commonly called Anubis - made entirely out of hardened copper. To
the right is a picture of this incredible statue found in the Grand Canyon
tunnels, and the crated and shipped apparently to sit safely away from
the eyes of the gullible and naive American public in the massive
underground storage vaults of the Smithsonian! !
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Immediately inside the cave is this impressive panel that Powell correctly identified as
“Egyptian”. This picture of the cave wall was taken during the Jordan/Kincaid exploration using
new, top-of-the-line “autochrome” color film. !
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The photo on the right shows the enigmatic G.E. Kincaid
during his stint with the U.S. Marine Corps before his
Grand Canyon adventure. Kincaid is the young fellow on
the left in the photo. My research into this story has
shown that Professor Jordan and the heads of the
Smithsonian were very upset with Kincaid talking so
freely to the local media. Shortly after the April 5, 1909
article, a contingent of veteran troops were brought in to
the cave area to provide security and to keep curious
locals far away. A rail spur was built, and from 1909 to
1912, countless crates of priceless artifacts were loaded
onto rail cars and shipped to Washington. !
Here we see a picture of the cave entrance. Notice the hieroglyphics on the right, as well as the
left. According to the reports, the cave and tunnel complex appeared to be made by some
“advanced” method - the walls of the tunnel, though clearly chiseled, yet were smooth and
appeared to be glazed as if melted by high heat. !
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Kincaid told the Arizona Gazette: "The main passageway is about 12 feet wide, narrowing to
nine feet toward the farther end. About 57 feet from the entrance, the first side-passages branch
off to the right and left, along which, on both sides, are a number of rooms about the size of
ordinary living rooms of today, though some are 30 by 40 feet square. These are entered by
oval-shaped doors and are ventilated by round air spaces through the walls into the passages.
The walls are about three feet six inches in thickness.”!
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Quite a bit of very detailed info backed up with pictures - too much to indicate a massive hoax or
“fraud” it would appear! !
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To the right you see a picture of a figure
quite similar to Tibetan figurines sitting in a
semi-lotus position caved into the cave wall.
This could be an effigy of one of the
spiritual leaders of the complex - but there
are no hieroglyphic panels to explain
exactly who this statue was in honor of,
unlike the larger main statue called the
“Shrine” located in the main chamber. .!
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This is the “Shrine” that Major Powell sketched in his initial 1869 report, and later photographed
by Kincaid with autochrome film and a series of spotlights. Carved from solid stone, what is
startling is the hieroglyphs on the base as well as the circular ring identify this individual as “King
Kyan” who was none other than the first-born son of King Zaphnath of Aravis, Egypt. Notice the
image is sitting in a form of the “lotus position”, and in each hand we find an individual lotus
flower indigenous to the Nile River Valley of Egypt. The “rays” emanating from the image is also
consistent with Egyptian carvings symbolizing kingship. According to Egyptologists, King
Zaphnath of Aravis is none other than the biblical Joseph, son of Jacob, who with his “coat of
many colors” was sold into slavery “in Egypt” by his jealous brothers . However, because of his
high spirituality and obedience to Jehovah, Joseph was eventually able to gain the confidence
of the pharaoh because he successfully interpreted the pharaoh’s troubling dreams. What is
utterly amazing is that the hieroglyphics declare that this firstborn son of Joseph (aka Zahpnath)
- was known as King “Kyan” - the ruler and leader of this contingent of thousands of Egyptians
that built the ancient tunnel complex. The panels also tell of Kyan’s father Zaphnath (Joseph)
spending significant time at the Grand Canyon complex as well. !
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Kincaid told the Gazette: “Over a hundred feet from the entrance is the cross-hall, several
hundred feet long, in which are found the idol, or image, of the people's god, sitting cross-
legged, with a lotus flower or lily in each hand. The cast of the face is oriental, and the carving
this cavern. The idol almost resembles Buddha, though the scientists are not certain as to what
religious worship it represents. Taking into consideration everything found thus far, it is possible
that this worship most resembles the ancient people of Tibet.” Kincaid was only speculating.
The interpretation of the hieroglyphics prove this wasn’t an “idol of the people’s god” but rather,
it was simply an effigy of their beloved king - the son of the biblical Joseph, son of Jacob. !
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This intricately carved stone tablet found in the cave is that of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen
Nefertiti. It is primarily a record of the lineage and generations from King Kyan. The name of
Zaphnath (Joseph) is also shown on this tablet. Egyptologists have established that Kyan ruled
in Egypt for 30 years from 1610 to 1580 B.C. - while Akhenaten ruled from 1353 to 1336 B.C. It
would appear that the Grand Canyon Egyptian presence flourished for at least two and half
centuries. Other artifacts tell of regular travels to the middle-eastern land of Egypt - but what is
interesting is that they very seldom traveled by ocean vessels - but rather via a massive
subterranean tunnel system. Yes, I know that is hard to believe - but that is where the Hopi
legends may well begin to come into play. As the 1909 article indicates, indeed the Hopi Indians
have a detailed oral tradition about their ancestors traveling many miles in the “underworld”
before emerging from the Grand Canyon area thousands of years earlier. Indeed, I have a
close Hopi friend who years ago invited me to witness a number of sacred, late-night dances in
the Kivas located on the sacred “2nd Mesa” of Hopi land. Indeed, the Hopi dances keep the
oral tradition of the Elders alive - and depict the separation of the Hopi “one-hearts” from the
“ant-people” or “two-hearts” of civilizations that once flourished “in the earth”. According to my
Hopi friend, the “two-hearts” were very large humanoids - often measuring over 9 feet tall with
six fingers and six toes. This is remarkably consistent with the KJV of the Bible - where in
Genesis 6: 4 we read: “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same
became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” The original Hebrew Torah texts of
Genesis 6 are very clear - it talks of giants IN THE EARTH - not walking upon the earth or
above the earth. This would seem to give credence to the Hopi oral tradition and dances where
the “Kachina” and “Ogres” are often depicted as being over 9 feet tall. !
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Perhaps the most startling and eerie photo taken by Kincaid and Jordan is that of the “mummy
room”. As he explained to the Arizona Gazette: “The
tomb or crypt in which the mummies were found is
one of the largest of the chambers, the walls slanting
back at an angle of about 35 degrees. On these are
tiers of mummies, each one occupying a separate
hewn shelf. At the head of each is a small bench, on
which is found copper cups and pieces of broken
swords. Some of the mummies are covered with clay,
and all are wrapped in a bark fabric.!
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The urns or cups on the lower tiers are crude, while
as the higher shelves are reached, the urns are finer
in design, showing a later stage of civilization. It is
worthy of note that all the mummies examined so far
have proved to be male, no children or females being
buried here. This leads to the belief that this exterior
section was the warriors' barracks.” !
Indeed, in a separate, and much smaller cave as was descried earlier by Powell in his report,
numerous ancient wooden sarcophagi were in fact discovered by Jordan and Kincaid containing
the mummified remains of women and younger, adolescent males and females. The carved
wood of the sarcophagi were hewn from large, mature Ponderosa pine trees apparently
harvested from the Kaibab North Rim area for this very purpose. Interestingly, there was no
Ponderosa pine wood furnishings such as tables or chairs etc. found in the caves. The furniture
consisted of carved stone and/or marble pieces. Only the sarcophagi were made from the
highly fragrant, vanilla-scented wood. !
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