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hand, wrapped it, and hid it behind a shelf. He then put hisfinger to his lips and told us not to talk about the object.We left his shop and went twodoors down to the next boutiqueto speak to the woman shopkeeperthere, inquiring if her husband wasan artist exhibiting in Puerto Vallarta.She looked at us blankly and told usshe didn’t know what we were talkingabout. Later, as I reflected uponour encounter with the shopkeeper,I realized that he was most likely thefellow the museum attendants hadreferred to. This was a small townand everyone is related or knows everybody.There are very few secretsand this shopkeeper was known tosell reproductions. The secrecy heexuded and the drama of his behaviorwas fabulous and worthy of anAcademy Award. But, you never know—just maybe I actuallyhad held the “real deal.” I laugh to myself now when Irecall the event. I so much wanted that figure to be real! Thisquote provides solace: “I am not a sinner, nor a saint either.I am but a hypocrite who truly hatesdeceit.”The great thing about novelsthat incorporate actual historicalevents is they make the fictional partof the story seem so real. This entirearea of Mexico was once a flourishingempire of various indigenoustribes. But, what was happeninghere? Was there a thriving undergroundindustry supplying fake antiquitiesto tourists in Compostela?Or, were ancient sites being excavatedand their contents sold in anunderground market?These events left me perplexedand restless. The lure of finding ancientantiquities and lost civilizationsis very powerful and consuming. It is the opium ofexplorers and the ruin of many men.35
Later that night I pulled out my small herbal bag, whichI had received as a gift in Guadalajara, and sprinkled severalpetals of hibiscus and two teaspoons of Manzana into a potof boiling water. I poured the contents into a cup and drankit before going to sleep. Mohammed said, “Allah had createdthe dream not only as a means of guidance and instructions,but has also made it a window to the unseen.”I continued to follow the thread in my dreams.Artifacts excavated by Luis from Buenavista.36
Page 5 and 6: CHAPTERSPreface ...................
Page 7 and 8: 4Guayabitos, State of Nayarit, Mexi
Page 9 and 10: At the south end of Guayabitos, as
Page 11 and 12: who seemed perturbed that I had tak
Page 13 and 14: any building that housed a museum.
Page 15 and 16: showed me a boulder with a petrogly
Page 17 and 18: Chapter 3Pirate TreasuresDriving ba
Page 19 and 20: waters looking for Spanish galleons
Page 21 and 22: Chapter 4Alta VistaSeveral days lat
Page 23 and 24: on the stone. The markings appeared
Page 25 and 26: Chapter 5The Herb Manin Guadalajara
Page 27 and 28: these objects, and the experience,
Page 29 and 30: The drive to Zacatecas led us throu
Page 31 and 32: As I climbed upward toward the stai
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 7Idols and Godsof Compostel
Page 35 and 36: They usually consist of ancient ind
Page 37: without any trace or recorded histo
Page 45 and 46: tribes. Consequently, various figur
Page 47 and 48: the Roman Empire, said, “History
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Page 52 and 53: Chapter 11Returning to Mexico:The H
Page 54 and 55: The owner of the hotel is Doctor Ro
Page 56 and 57: Later that day when we returned fro
Page 58: Hotel Robles’ sunset view from Ro
Page 61 and 62: that has been repeated since the da
Page 64 and 65: Chapter 13The Trees and Relics ofSa
Page 66 and 67: and squatted down to brush away loo
Page 68 and 69: Chapter 14Sacred Hot Springsand Dee
Page 70 and 71: diately found ancient pottery fragm
Page 72 and 73: and I and carried on a full convers
Page 74 and 75: Yolanda’s statues from a shaft to
Page 76 and 77: far surpassed the town’s own coll
Page 78 and 79: One month after I had seen the trea
Page 80 and 81: Ancient pottery, San Pedro Lagunill
Page 82 and 83: Fake relics, Compostela, Mexico.79
Page 84 and 85: along the Pacific coast of Nayarit.
Page 86 and 87: surface. I was looking at hundreds
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Shaft Tomb contents, El Monteon, Na
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Damaged figure from Shaft Tomb exca
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Sacred Places,The Kingdom ofThe Tec
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Cross petroglyph, Alta Vista, Nayar
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Sanctuary pool, Alta Vista, Nayarit
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Cross petroglyph, Alta Vista, Nayar
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from having found the remnants of a
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Signs explaining Tecoxquine human s
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The Mexican WayThere are many ironi
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general anesthetic for another five
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tombs, pottery, and Old World imple
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Old Gringo recovering after his fal
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ences. I am optimistic that goodnes
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and tasty mix of vegetables, cactus
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Tomé Hill, southern slope.113
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Crest of La Tomé Hill.115
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Handprint petroglyph, Tomé Hill.11
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Throughout this journey I have felt
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Hohokam Indian Spiral, Phoenix, Ari
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Visual patterns that seem to be uni
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I am nothing more than an accidenta
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Epilogue:Returning to ZacualpanThe
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As I followed the circumference of
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I walked amongst the ancient fields
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destroyed, the memorial to his wife
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Construction around petroglyph boul
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In March 2008 we celebrated my fath
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FINDING LOST CIVILIZATIONSPart 3 -
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Chapter 23The Forgotten Souls ofIxt
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The Coyote.Interconnecting Spirals.
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As we walked back to Manuel’s hou
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During breakfast and some conversat
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forty feet. Unfortunately, all the
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Then I found another toppled column
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Northeast view from the crest of Sa
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The work crew: Leucrecia, Old Gring
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Alta Vista, Nayarit, Mexico.157
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Armadillo petroglyph, Alta Vista, N
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Spiral representing falling star or
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Spirals and circular grooves, possi
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Spiral and sun boulder in ceremonia
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Communal bowls carved from volcanic
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Los dos Alejandros, Alta Vista, Nay
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What became of them? And what will
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My Journey Continues
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