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THE
ANCIENT CELTS CAME TO AMERICA
The name Celts was the designation given to
those peoples who emerged from the same geographical location where the so
called 'Lost Tribes of Israel' had disappeared from at an earlier stage of world
history. These people migrated across Europe to settle in the British Isles and
the coasts of France and Spain. They were a well organized sea power at the time
when Julius Caesar and his Roman legions invaded Britain in 55 B.C.; and he, in
fact, makes reference to their ocean-going vessels. Professor Fell has now
identified the megalithic structures at Mystery Hill, New Hampshire as a type of
temple observatory dedicated to the ancient Celtic sun-god Bel (it was for
worshipping this same Baal that their Israelite ancestors had been cast out of
Palestine). He claims that other sites dedicated to this same deity and to other
Celtic gods and goddesses have been located in Vermont, together with Celtic
burial urns and other artifacts.
THE
IRISH AND WELSH WERE IN AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS
It has been rightly said that when the
Norsemen/Scandinavians arrived in North America in the Tenth Century, they found
that the Irish had got there before them. Although sceptics have ridiculed the
legends of the Irish monk Brendan and his journey to America in a hide-covered
boat known as a coracle, yet a reconstruction of the voyage in recent times has
demonstrated that the route described in the legends from Ireland to
Newfoundland, and on to Florida by way of the Bahamas is indeed accurate. It
also seems likely that Culdees from the ancient Celtic Church in Ireland,
fleeing the sea raids of the still pagan Vikings, followed Brendan's route,
seeking refuge first in Iceland, then Greenland, Newfoundland and finally, deep
into North America, where they disappear, perhaps giving rise to the traditions
common to the Aztecs, lncas and Mayas, of visits by bearded white men.
Legends and traditions also persist that a Welsh
Prince named Madog and his followers, fleeing from violence and bloodshed in
Wales, escaped by ship and, using ancient Celtic maps and charts, crossed the
Atlantic and landed on American soil at Mobile Bay in 1170 A.D.. Moving inland,
they built fortified settlements in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, giving rise
to later claims of discovery of 'Welsh Indians' between the mid 1500's and early
1800's. George Catlin believed that he had traced the descendants of these Welsh
settlers among the Mandan Indians, many of whom were blue-eyed and whose
language contained elements of Welsh.
CONCLUSION
Ancient America was a composite of many peoples
Hebrews, Phoenicians, Egyptian, and before them the Celts, and many more In
light of these few brief facts which I have outlined, it is now obvious that the
seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did indeed 'spread abroad to the West' (Genesis
28:14) as Almighty God had promised. They had in fact discovered, traded with,
and even for a time made settlements in North America, long before Columbus
reached the West Indies in 1492.
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