tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418250904027917656.post4376447945750185637..comments2023-05-31T08:29:46.195-06:00Comments on Voyages Extraordinaires: The Grand Canyon's Lost CivilizationCory Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418250904027917656.post-1638378121996944632021-07-24T16:34:45.822-06:002021-07-24T16:34:45.822-06:00This hoax was probably inspired by an actual event...This hoax was probably inspired by an actual event, the discovery of the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Colorado in 1888. The discovery was heavily publicised, and featured many similar similar elements: a forgotten but clearly advanced civilisation, caves, mummies, art treasures... The first scientific excavations were conducted in 1891 by the Swedish Academy of Sciences: the ranchers who made Norman Hugh Redingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532518787129783469noreply@blogger.com