Curious images and writings turn up with surprising frequency in North America.
The sculpture illustrated was among several found in a cave on the
Virginia-Kentucky border. Made life-sized from hard sandstone, it bears curious
symbols on its back. Quite obviously, it is the head of an Indian chief,
but the symbols might be Libyan, according to Barry Fell. He translates
them as: "luminous, radiant, sun-like." Interestingly enough, the ancient
leaders of the Natchez Tribe were called "Suns" and wore feathered headdresses
like those of the Plains Indians. Further, the Natchez Suns apparently maintained
that their ancestors came to North America from North Africa -- thus the
Libyan symbols!
(Calhoun, Vernon J.; "Libyan Evidence in Southeast Kentucky," Epigraphic
Society, Occasional Publications, 7:127, 1978.)
Comment. Much controversy swirls about such symbols and their proposed
translations.
From
Science Frontiers
#8, Fall 1979. © 1979-2000 William R. Corliss
