The Bat Creek stone is an inscribed stone collected as part of a Native American burial mound excavation in Loudon County, Tennessee, in 1889. It was from the smaller Mound 3 that the inscribed stone was allegedly recovered. 1968 Mound Builders of Ancient America: The Archaeology of a Myth. The completion of Tellico Dam at the mouth of the Little Tennessee in 1979 created a reservoir that spans the lower 33 miles (53km) of the river. Hence, Thomas's interpretation, although incorrect, at least had some basis. Hebrew writing inscription found in America- The Bat Creek Stone "The Translation" (Bat Creek Stone), Dr. Arnold Murray, Shepherd's Chapel, STONE OF DESTINY by E. Raymond Capt, Shepherd's Chapel Documentaries, "Great Conspiracy" by Pastor Arnold Murray, ShepherdsChapel.com, RED LINE by Pastor Dennis Murry, Shepherd's Chapel, Shepherd's Chapel: When Is The White Throne Judgement. Since, as discussed below, no contemporary Cherokee authorities seem to have regarded the inscription as genuine, McCulloch's conclusion does not represent a significant new interpretation. Litigation and environmental concerns stalled the dam's completion until 1979, allowing extensive excavations at multiple sites throughout the valley. See also comment by Scott Wolter/cc by-sa 3.0 When John W. Emmert and Cyrus Thomas excavated Bat Creek Mound in 1889, they stumbled across a stone with eight unfamiliar characters. that the first letter is a (reversed) resh. The or "Only for the Judeans" if the broken letter is included. Harrington, M.R. [4] Countering the notion of pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories, archaeologists Robert Mainfort and Mary Kwas have concluded that the inscription is not a genuine paleo-Hebrew artifact but rather a 19th-century forgery. Dexter, Ralph W. The Bat Creek Stone remains the property of the Smithsonian Institution, and is catalogued in the collections of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, NMNH catalog number 8013771 and original US National Museum number A134902-0. [3] With a budget of $60,000 provided by the U.S. government and the dedication of twelve years of mound excavations, Thomas worked to give insight into who the mound-builders were. Hodges, New York. [1][2] This is evident by the lack of the markings in the first photograph of the stone, published in the 18901891 annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, and their appearance in photos after 1970. The Bat Creek inscription (also called the Bat Creek stone or Bat Creek tablet) is an inscribed stone collected as part of a Native American burial mound excavation in Loudon County, Tennessee, in 1889 by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology's Mound Survey, directed by entomologist Cyrus Thomas.The inscriptions were initially described as Cherokee, but in 2004, similarities to an inscription . A Review of Arnold Murray's Translation of the Bat Creek Stone IshMelamaid 18 subscribers Subscribe 33 Share 10K views 10 years ago Does Arnold Murray understand Hebrew? 134902, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution). a little like the second letter (Q) on Bat Creek, but in although a few of the letters could be taken for The Bat Creek stone (Catalogue No. Specimens similar (albeit not necessarily identical) to the Bat Creek bracelets are we! the inscription matches Hebrew much better than Cherokee. Mound 1 had a diameter of 108 feet (33m) and a height of 8 feet (2.4m), and it was located on the first terrace above the river. ancient times, were clearly engraved in Coelbren letters, indication as to how they read the letters on the Bat Creek stone by P. Kyle McCarter, BAR July/August 1993, pp. [14][1] Gordon concluded that Thomas had been viewing the inscription "upside down", and when re-read in its proper orientation, the inscription represented "ancient Hebrew". "The Bat Creek Stone: Judeans in Tennessee?". I have just received and read your Burial Mounds (i.e., "Burial Mounds in the Northern Sections of the United States" in B.A.E. for $6.00 from the Robert Macoy, George Oliver. from Jersualem's City of David under the supervision This possibility is certainly suggested by the following: "Another fact that should be borne in mind by the student is the danger of basing conclusions on abnormal objects, or on one or two unusual types. [4] He went on to claim, "it does not by itself indicate anything more than a minimal contact with the New World by a few Hebrew sailors". with mem, in which case this word would instead read that this affinity should have been recognized already in 1889 by [3] Due to the efforts of Thomas and his team, and with the aid of his published work which extensively presented his findings, "the myth of a vanished race had been dealt a fatal blow".[3]. Archaeology Review July/August 1993, pp. Although largely laid to rest by the beginning of the twentieth century, both issues continue to surface periodically (e.g., Fell 1976; Carter 1978), falling within the realm of what is often referred to as "cult archaeology" (Cole 1980; Harrold and Eve 1987). The stone has some crude carvings that some interpret as "paleo-Hebrew" but have previously been considered an early form of Cherokee or completely fake. space as in English or modern Hebrew. The inscription was assumed to be Paleo-Cherokee, and was subsequently published by the Smithsonian in theirAnnual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1890-1891 on page 392. 1. Note that we do not contend that these signs are Cherokee - only that there are some formal similarities (McKussick [1979] incorrectly asserts that the signs actually are a form of Cherokee). the main line are test scratches made by an unknown party while do have essentially the same form, but are in fact different: 6, respectively, of some era. There is a vague resemblance to the Cherokee "se", as noted by McCulloch (1988:87). McCulloch, J. Huston (1993b). been copied from Macoy. Mertz, Henriette, The Wine Dark Sea: Homer's Heroic Epic of the North America in 1170 A.D. (see, e.g. Knoxville. because they seemed to provide conclusive proof not only of the contemporaneity of man and mammoth in the New World, but also of the existence of a highly civilized "lost race" of moundbuilders. excavation was made there was an old rotten stump yet on Madoc was a Welsh prince who is reputed to have sailed to v: Despite problems with its relative size, this sign is normal for Paleo-Hebrew script ("lamed") between 100 B.C. scroll. Shepherd's Chapel with Pastor Arnold Murray. words are separated. Forgeries related to Mormonism - FAIR Antiquity 58(223):137-138. McCulloch 1988), virtually identical brasses were produced in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Day 1973; Shaw and Craddock 1984). 1971 Before Columbus: Links Between the Old World and Ancient America. the word that follows. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. [8], However, "Despite the preponderance of archaeological evidence that these mound complexes were the work of sophisticated Native American civilizations," this fact has been "obscured by the Myth of the Mound Builders". better than to English, and no one has ever proposed a Cherokee reading there are no signs of the two vertical strokes that now are present in the upper left corner. 1894) never offered a translation of the inscription.