Tucson/Rhoda

Author : Robert Baird
On the morning of September 13, 1924, Charles E. Manier was working in a lime kiln gravel pit off the Silverbell Road, about 6 1/2 miles east of Tucson, Arizona. Unexpectedly, his shovel revealed a metallic shape. Pulling the heavy object free, he noticed at once that it comprised two parts stuck together. He pried them apart, and was surprised to see both were lead plates covered with long inscriptions of some kind; one plate was shaped like a crucifix weighing 90 pounds.That afternoon, Manier did the right thing by taking the strange items to Dr. Frank Fowler, at the University of Arizona. The congenial Professor of Classical Literature was fluent in Latin, and translated both inscribed plates without difficulty. Then he learned where Manier, an uneducated but honest man, found them, he organized an archaeological dig for the next day. Under scientifically controlled conditions, a professional team of excavaters began to unearth more buried objects almost at once. They found another inscribed object, this one a foot-long plate.Digs continued throughout the year, each time bringing to light more materials. These began to include crucifixes, swords, lances, large spatulas, batons, arrow-heads, spear-points, and ceremonial standards; all manufactured in lead. They were encrusted with a hard, crustal coating of caliche that had formed between the reaction of chemical salts and water in the desert soil matrix. Such a process is very gradual, and caliche deposits on the Silverbell finds undoubtedly required several centuries, at least, to accumulate....By year's end, five crosses and nine plates had been found within a radius of six feet. The latter objects were manufactured in halves riveted together, their inscribed surfaces coated with an artificial waxy substance chemists were unable to positively identify 'but were unanimous in their opinion that it had served its purpose of preservative with utmost efficiency'. ('Tucson Citizen', February 1, 1925)Dr. Fowler, Charles T. Vorhies (also of the University of Arizona), A.E. Douglass (Directory of the Steward Observatory), Dean Byron Cummings (Director of the Arizona State Museum) and the Museum's Assistant Director, Karl Ruppert, were present when the heavily inscribed crucifix had been excavated under their professional supervision. Later, Dean Cummings verified that all the objects had been removed directly from the gravel pit at the lime kiln under scientifically controlled conditions.A personage no less than the Dean of the College of Mines and Engineering at the University of Arizona, Dr. Gordon M. Butler, personally excavated two halves of a leaden spear-shaft from the lime kiln ('Arizona Star', February 17, 1928).'Even if we accept the hypothesis that the soil was washed down by the rains,' he declared, 'it is ridiculous to contend that the objects were buried there within recent years. There is no evidence of burial or of recent disturbance. To have 'planted' the soil in place would have necessitated moving tons of it at a time.'Dr. Alexander A. Stoyanow (Professor of Geology), Dr. T.T. Waterman (Associate Professor of Anthropology), and no less than ten other professional colleagues concurred with Dr. Butler's assessment of the spear parts' genuineness. He was soon joined by other leading academic figures of the day, including Phoenix archaeologist, Dr. O.A. Turney; Tucson science writer, Clifton J. Sarle, Ph.D.; and Wade H. Ellis, of Washington, D.C.'s National Archaeological Society. The experts were unanimous in their conclusion that the Silverbell Road materials were authentic artifacts belonging to overseas visitors from Europe at least six centuries before Columbus arrived in America.Translation of the combined Latin text told a surprising story: 'In Memoriam Romani Actius: In memory of Romans Actius and Theodore, Consuls of great cities. We are carried forward on the sea (to) Calalus, {The site of present day Ocala in Florida, the name being taken from the Latin name of Porto Cale, Portugal. These Jews now meet the Toltecs and a man from the city of Rhodes that was a key place in the early Phoenician scheme of things.} an unknown land (and) a people ruling wildly (Indians?). Toltezus (and) Silvanus are won over. Theodorus brings his forces from the city, Rhoda. And more than 700 are captured. No gold. They are (or shall be) banished from the city.Theodorus, a man of the greatest valor, rules during 14 years. Iacobus rules during (after Theodorus) six years. God helping it (?) is not to be feared. In the name of Israel, Iacobus born again (in) the city. With God's help, Iacobus rules with mighty hand after the manner of his ancestors, and sings to his Lord, May his fame live forever!Benjamin was king of the people. He came from Seine to Rome, the bravest of the Gauls. {This could place the date a little before they concluded [700 A.D.] but the timing of their stay in Florida may allow for the possibility that this is the Ostrogoths who disappeared from Italy after 60 years of rule. The Benjaminites figure heavily in all history of the secret Masonic orders. These historians would not likely connect this point. The Ostrogoths did arrive in the upper Amazon around 575 A.D. according to other research of mine including Savoy's great 150 mile long fortified city at 8-9,000' in the Andes.} He came to the assistance of the people, to lay the foundation of the city. He built a wall around the city to resist the enemy. Benjamin, mighty in strength. He filled the multitude with religion. He was slain by the Thebans. I heard this from my father 500 years after, behind the mountain, in memory of his father, Joseph.880 Anno Domini, Israel-III was banished, for he had liberated the Toltezus. He was the first to break the custom (?). {Some of these people appear to be from Albion which is a name for Britain and Alban for Scots. It is true but only now becoming acceptable to relate early Celts or Gaedhils like Simon Magus, a Gnostic, with the Jews and Hebrews to the Keltic/Phoenician complex. Jews thus can be seen as the original Christianity of the Phoenicians before Christ. The Toltecs are likely the Ovates of this Druidic hierarchy and they were in America since the Roman proscription or bounty on their heads that many Roman Emperors like Claudius (54 AD) had decreed. This custom may have been a custom to not fraternize or marry the Toltecs who had intermarried with Indians. Those among this group who would have come from Albion would have a similar ancestry of their knowledge that would make the intermingling seem OK.} The Earth trembled, fear overwhelmed the hearts of mortals in the third year after he had fled. They betook themselves into the city, and kept themselves within its walls. {Thus the "mighty in strength" and full "of religion" approach had built upon prejudice as is often the case.
Those who did not accept the leadership of Israel-III had been reduced in number.My interpretation is clearly rather hard to state with conviction and involves a bias that will not stand the scrutiny of those who have an agenda to defile the Druids: or to allow Christian ideals existed before Jesus or the subsequent Pauline ascendance of what has become something very unlike the 'Brotherhood' ideals that the Toltecs did employ. This is evident when reading any of the translations of the speech given by Monteczuma talking about Quetzalcoatl/Kukulcan [etc.] returning to ask his people to follow him [around 1050 AD.] and return to their homeland. In this history the people of a white group stayed with their wives and families and had no cause to fight the battles of their ancient European family. The year 1050 AD. saw the beginning of the end to Celtic ['C' after Rome's ascendance rather than 'K' due to few Latin words having 'K' at the beginning, other than Karthage.] customs in places like the British Isles. Christianity now had the Celts of Norman conquerors to fight for Catholicism.} Thou shalt not burn a dead body in the city. Before the city extended a plain. Hills encompassed the city.It is a hundred years since Iacobus was king. Iacobus was busy in the front line. He attended to everything, fought much in person, and often struck down the enemy. Israel (Israel-III?) gave his attention to the appointment of priests. Life has been granted to us, a people of extensive sway... to serve the king.It is uncertain how long life will continue. There are many things which may be said. While the war was raging, 3,000 men were slain. The leaders without their chiefs were taken. Nothing but peace was sought. God ordains all things.'Some of the text seems to have been "signed" with the initials, O.L., although marked differences in the grammatical construction of the various inscriptions indicate that more than one person composed them."Albion, Iacobus" appeared on the left branch of a crucifix: on the right, "Seine, Israel" perhaps signifying the leaders of Jewish communities in Britain and France, respectively, from which they came to North America. While the majority of the plates and crosses were inscribed with Latin, some Hebrew was also included. {The majority of Jewish people would not like to know they are intimately connected with the Kelts who are Phoenicians. The irony of Nazism is that Aryan high priests at the time of the building of the Pyramid spoke Hebrew and the Masons know the Master Mason led their people out of Egypt at a much later time. There is no reason for 'brother' to kill or diminish 'brother'.}…..Incessant battling with numberless tribes of native enemies mentioned in the texts likewise coincides with the onset of the Mississippian Culture. This major transition to a far-flung ceremonial society, although concentrated in the Mississippi Valley, {The remnants of the Poverty Point through Adena and Hopewell people?} was generated by new peoples pushing up from the south, who dislodged native populations {Except some who took to the nearby hills and islands, like the Nipissing on Manitoulin and the Melungians whose esoteric or Druidic rituals were maintained through their stronger or more complete knowledge of the old customs?} all across North America above the Rio Grande.Complementing these historical parallels with the ancient Arizona text, the scientifically controlled circumstances of excavations at the Silverbell site were beyond question. Many professional observers were in attendance. On occasion, they personally excavated some of the lead inscriptions themselves, as did Dr. Butler.Describing the inscribed plates seventy years after they were discovered, archaeologist Dr. Gunnar Thompson pointed out that 'the texts include numerous quotes from well known Mediterranean manuscripts, such as Vergil's "Georgics'. Some phrases used in the texts, such as 'Dei gratia' ("By the grace of God") were common mottos in Medieval Europe.' He mentioned that Professor Covey 'explains that the semi-literate script on the tablets is similar to inscriptions found in ancient Jewish catacombs' (p.181).Authenticity of the Silverbell artifacts was confirmed by their original discoverers and present research conducted in both eras by university professionals. Why, then, have so few Americans even heard of the 1924 discovery? And how is it that no U.S. history textbook published since then so much as mentions it?Certified, university trained experts who established the lead plates' pre-Columbian identity agreed that their importance went far beyond local significance, with dramatic consequences for American and even world history….."(1)People who had no expertise and never visited the site weighed in alongside Jewish scholars or other people slinging mud. The university was threatened by the loss of funding and the usual litany of deceit and 'spin' became able to submerge these truths once more. As a sincere person who values freedom and has been accused by my brother John of having a 'confession complex' since youth; what can I say? If I tell the whole story it sounds like I'm a wild-eyed conspiratorialist. In this book I'm trying to stay away from the depth of the problem.The era just before Christ saw a massive armada with 30,000 men of Carthage come to America according to a stone in New England. There were many Hannos over a few centuries and it could be 400 or 200 BC that saw this invasion. Barry Fell or Andrew Collins are good people doing the proper searches for truth and I recommend reading them. It would be good to read Bishop Landa's translation of the welcoming speech given to Cortez by Monteczuma and compare it to other translations but I have included this in other books as well. They aren't hard to find if you doubt my comment about the Toltec or whoever the white men were that the Quetzalcoatl legend was asking to return to the east across the oceans. Some of these things are so obvious as to wonder how we can have ever doubted man traveled wherever he could.We sit relaxing in front of TVs and think we are wise and courageous while screaming at people acting out games of violence and intrigue. The ancients were fit and adventurous and the boundaries of our mindset did not hamper them. Lao Tzu wrote the 'I Ching' or 'Tao Te Ching' and he was a wise man. He gave credit to the profound wisdom of Ancient Masters in a land he went to visit before he died. This legendary Hsi Wang Mu was west of his home in China. That might well mean it was our 'Red-Headed Kelts' of Urumchi. Thus 'Mu' might have been Keltic as well as Atlantis. There is so much we will never know! Why do we amuse our egos by thinking we have much of a clue? Believe me, the more I study - the more certain I am that there is much more to learn.Author of many books available at Lulu and World-Mysteries.com
Keyword : Silverbell, Toltecs, Jews, Merovingians, Rhodes