"Was America truly unknown to the outside world until Christopher Columbus ""discovered"" it in 1492? If so, how do we account for an Egyptian temple accidentally unearthed in Tennessee in 1935? What is a beautifully crafted metal plate with the image of a Phoenician woman doing in the Utah desert? And who can explain the discovery of Viking houses excavated outside of Boston? These enigmas are a tiny fraction of the abundant physical proof for Old World visitors to our continent hundreds and thousands of years ago. This book explores the evidence of pre-Columbian visitors and colonies in ancient America.".