Post by Nugget on Aug 29, 2016 21:55:59 GMT -6
Not really a strange creature, but weird non the less...
www.ancient-code.com/the-mysterious-fawn-hoof-mummy-ancient-egyptian-presence-in-north-america/
There are so many stories of the Smithsonian loosing artifacts that I have to wonder what is going on. They can't possibly be that inept, can they?
Some 200 years ago, a very unusual mummy was discovered in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
The mummy was mentioned in the book Prehistoric Mummies from the Mammoth Cave Area, by Angelo I. George where the author indicates that the mummy was found in the cave in September of 1811.
According to George, the Ancient mummy, was given the name “Fawn Hoof” in 1815 and that ‘thousands’ of people saw the mummy as it was put on display.
Sometime between Between 1811 and 1813 (different authors vary on the date) a group of miners was working inside one of the Kentucky caves known as Short Cave.
One of the workers who was excavating came across a hard surface which proved to be a large rock with a flat surface.
After miners had removed the rock, they discovered a crypt that contained a mummy inside. But it wasn’t an ordinary mummy.
In the past, such discoveries were not given much importance, and people looked to make a profit out of history.
In 1816, Nahum Ward from Ohio visited the cave, purchased numerous artifact and the Fawn Hoof Mummy. In addition to the Fawn Hoof Mummy, Ward also purchased other mummies, and some of them were over 2500 years old.
In 1876, the Fawn Hoof Mummy was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution by Isaiah Thomas, founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
Researchers at the Smithsonian examined the mummy, dissected it and reported their findings. At some point after that –like many other things that challenge history— the Fawn Hoof Mummy was completely lost.
The mummy was mentioned in the book Prehistoric Mummies from the Mammoth Cave Area, by Angelo I. George where the author indicates that the mummy was found in the cave in September of 1811.
According to George, the Ancient mummy, was given the name “Fawn Hoof” in 1815 and that ‘thousands’ of people saw the mummy as it was put on display.
Sometime between Between 1811 and 1813 (different authors vary on the date) a group of miners was working inside one of the Kentucky caves known as Short Cave.
One of the workers who was excavating came across a hard surface which proved to be a large rock with a flat surface.
After miners had removed the rock, they discovered a crypt that contained a mummy inside. But it wasn’t an ordinary mummy.
In the past, such discoveries were not given much importance, and people looked to make a profit out of history.
In 1816, Nahum Ward from Ohio visited the cave, purchased numerous artifact and the Fawn Hoof Mummy. In addition to the Fawn Hoof Mummy, Ward also purchased other mummies, and some of them were over 2500 years old.
In 1876, the Fawn Hoof Mummy was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution by Isaiah Thomas, founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
Researchers at the Smithsonian examined the mummy, dissected it and reported their findings. At some point after that –like many other things that challenge history— the Fawn Hoof Mummy was completely lost.
There are so many stories of the Smithsonian loosing artifacts that I have to wonder what is going on. They can't possibly be that inept, can they?
