History Could Be Rewritten By The Following Shocking 10 Discoveries (Part I)

10. Giants of Nevada

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According legends, North America was once inhabited by a race of giants that were superior in height and weight compared to average man. They are known as the Si-Te-Cah, a red haired tribe of cannibals who kept raiding the Paiute tribe, and eating the captured.

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After years of conflict, the Paiute banded together to destroy the Si-Te-Cah, managing to chase the last of the red-haired giants into a cave later known as Lovelock Cave (20 miles south of Lovelock, Canada), burning the it and the giants within alive.

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When archaeologists discovered the caves in 1924, more than 10,000 artifacts were successfully recovered, two of which included a male and female mummified red-haired giants, measuring 8 and 6.5 feet tall, respectively.

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But the Lovelock Cave wasn’t the only discovery site. In 1931, two similar skeletons were found in the Humboldt dry lake bed, and another was found at Friedman Ranch.
Several artifacts can be viewed in Winnemucca, Nevada at the Humboldt Museum.

9. Coins from Atlantis

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People have long been wondering whether Atlantis, the ancient city of myths, is actually real, based on tales from generations. The city left many in regrets due to its downfall, sinking beneath the Atlantic, where all trace was gone.
Plato, the famous Athenian philosopher, was the first to describe the island of Atlantis, in which he illustrated Atlantis as an unusual civilization with huge wealth and advanced technologies at the time.

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Recently, Christos Djonis, an author and researcher, has stated that a 2,400-year-old coin can be the key in revealing Atlantis’ true location.
The coin, a 350 BC minted Carthaginian gold one, was discovered by professor Mark McMenamin, who also found out the coin’s enigmatic markings was an ancient world map, containing Mediterranean Basin, Asia and the American continent.
Djonis said that the same kind of world map would also be found in other specimens of the coin, revealing that it was minted around the same time Plato told the story of Atlantis, which can be a great hint in the search for the city.

8. Ancient ghost tracks

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In September, 2021, ancient human footprints were found preserved in New Mexico, contradicting the current beliefs on the exact period that humans first journeyed through the North America.
For years, humans were believed to only trek across the continent at the end of the Ice Age, but the discovered footprints could be evidence that they had made their trip earlier, possibly at the beginnings of the Ice Age, when they would be greatly hindered by massive glaciers.

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The tracks were formed when ancient peoples walked over damp, sandy ground surrounding a former lake. Over time, sediment filled as the ground hardened fossilizing the prints.
Recently, erosion has resurfaced the prints, and visualizing them as well. Of the resurfaced footprints, the oldest set was 22,800 years old.
Furthermore, mammoth, dire wolf and even camel footprints were found, altogether painting a lively picture of how Ice Age life was 22 millennia ago.

7. Female hunters

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For years, we have been taught that men did the hunting while women did the gathering, but a recent 9000-year-old burial site about 12,000 ft. above sea level in the Andes, can alter our school of thought.
The excavated site revealed the remains of an adult buried with a hunting toolkit, which excited the whole excavation team, initially leading them to believe the remains were of a male.
However, a forensic scientist at UC Davis examined the protein in the enamel of the teeth and confirmed the remains were of a woman.

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One hypothesis was that this was only one of a rare female hunter, however, a theory began to emerge of a larger behavioral pattern of women hunters being quite common at this time.
The researchers examined the previous archaeological records and found that burials with hunting tools were associated with a number of females, specifically 11, compared to 16 for males. This leads to a situation where both men and women took part in hunting equally.
Now, the big question is to figure out when, how and why the changes to the division of labour began to emerge, said one of the researchers.

6. Hallucinogenic cave drugs

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At the Pinwheel cave in California, scientists have found clear evidence of hallucinogen uses, noting the resemblance between the rock paintings and Datura, a plant historically used for its psychoactive effects.
The study indicated the paintings do not illustrate the visual phenomena caused by the Datura; instead, they represent the plant and its pollinator, and there have been no records of any rock art site that has clear evidence of hallucinogen consumption.

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Researchers also claimed that there is little proof to associate the use of Datura to enter trance states by local natives, which has been historically documented, with the practice of rock art.
That means, the drugs weren’t used to inspire painting; instead, the native Californians may have drawn the images just as they were tripping.
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