In the closing scene of that iconic old movie Raiders of The Lost Ark, the disappearance, into an anonymous warehouse, of the wooden crate holding the Ark of the Covenant – hidden in an anonymous wooden crate – was obviously a fiction, but could similar things happen in actuality, and are there examples?

The most revered, by many, historical institution in the world is the Smithsonian. This noble institute have kept records of American history for centuries, but could the existence of a historical find, so significant that it might change history, really have been buried by this learned house, simply too controversial ever to be made public?

Deep in the heart of Arizona lies one of the natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon.  This beautiful, vast and breathtaking cleft in the earth’s crust hid many secrets, for a long time,  none stranger than that reported in the Phoenix Gazette, on April 5th 1909.  This  told of an explorer, G.E.Kincaid, reporting an archeological discovery of earth-shattering importance.

Smithsonian Professor S.A.Jordan, who was the man to whom Kincaid reported, because the institute were funding this exploration, was reportedly enthusiastic that further investigations be carried out. 2000 feet above the Colorado river , on a canyon wall forty miles or so upstream from El Tovar crystal canyon, Kincaid had found a cave entrance, leading to a vast underground city, all of it hewn from solid rock walls.

Steps leading to the cave suggested that river levels had been that much higher, when inhabited, giving a time-span since of at least 3000 years!  Almost a mile underground, precisely carved in geometric patterns, Kincaid reported  discovering hundreds of rooms the full extent impossible to estimate with any certainty.

The great hall, as Kincaid named it, lay only one hundred ft from the cave entrance, holding a carved idol within, of the god these people worshipped, perhaps, which sat which he described thus; cross-legged, with lotus flower or lily in each hand. The face was oriental, resembling Buddha, reminding Kincaid strongly of ancient Tibet and China.

All kinds of copper tools, which had undergone a  hardening method of preservation unkown to science of modern times, were found, along with vases and urns, of copper and gold, as well as glazed vessels, enameled wares and granaries, still holding seed.

Grey metal, resembling platinum, which scientists could not identify was also unearthed, and yellow stones, cat’s eyes as they were dubbed, each engraved with a head were all over the site.  Hieroglyphics, amazingly similar to Egyptian symbols, were discovered on urns, tablets and around doorway edgings.

Many mummies were uncovered in a large burial chamber, well preserved, and all male, entombed with weapons, though the ceramics found with them hint at this having been a civilization constantly improving technologies, in a city of up to 50,000 people. Yet, despite everything Kincaid had found, the public never really got wind of it, and to this day the mystery is unsolved

Reports of people trying to investigate the rumors tell of cave entrances deliberately sealed, though apparently man-made, one with a 6ft circular pattern etched into the roof.  Over 40 miles from the place Kincaid said the site was, why would almost inaccessible caves need to be sealed up?

G.E. Kincaid said, about the entrance to the citade, in an unknowingly prophetic  way. ‘The cavern is practically inaccessible, entrance 1,486 feet down the sheer canyon wall.  On government land, no visitors allowed. Going there would be fruitless’.

The Grand Canyon citadel, in 1909, was not only the oldest archeological find in the USA, but of paramount importance, yet to this day, nothing more is known to the public.  Ancient Egyptian names pepper the area of the Grand Canyon, yet no one in authority can tell you why this is so.

The area is closely watched, and all interest discouraged, the Smithsonian Institution claiming no record of Kincaid or any lost civilization in Arizona, maintaining further that  The Phoenix Gazette article was a hoax. Is the truth that something, of world-changing importance, was discovered, only  for officialdom to hush it up forever after?

No records exist, of Kincaid’s work, nor proof from the Smithsonian, of any kind that he ever worked for them, though an earlier newspaper article from 1909, published well month before the Phoenix Gazette, proves that G.C.Kincade’s expedition did indeed happen!

A recently found ancient manuscript, upon translation, described an ancient voyage by a Asian group visiting a city built within The Canyon of Light, intent on visiting a holy man, or shrine, descriptions given indicating that this city was indeed located within the Grand Canyon.

Whatever the truth of this story is, the question will always be asked. Putting this lost underground city in the same category as Area 51 may be too much for some, but why has secrecy surrounded it over a century? Unfortunately, we may never know, but then again…..

Archeology verifies through skeletons found and written journals left by explorers depict huge native people encounters and sightings.

Here are some facts:

A nine foot, eight inch skeleton was found in a mound near Brewersville, Indiana in 1879 (reported in the Indianianapolis News, November 10th, 1975).

A mound in Warren, Minnesota produced 10 skeletons, both male and female, of “gigantic size”, when excavated reported the St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 23, 1883. They also reported that seven more giants were found in 1888 that measured 7-78 feet in length.

A giant skeleton that was 7 feet 6 inches was excavated from a large stone chamber inside a mound in Kanawha County, West Virginia, in 1884. (American Antiquarian, V6, 1884)

In February and later in June of 1931 giant skeletons were uncovered in the lake bed of Humboldt Lake, which is close to Lovelock, Nevada. Two of the skeletons measured *1/2 feet in length and another was 10 feet long. They were wrapped similar to Egyptian mummies.

In Kentucky an eight foot nine inch giant skeleton was found under a ledge at Holly Creek.

The archeological finds go on and on and are in many cases well documented; although many of the skeletons and other artifacts disappeared long ago some probably were sold to circus sideshows and even to P.T. Barnum. They may also, have been stored away in Smithsonian vaults or U.S. government “security sites like “Area 51”.

You should also know that early explorers of the Americas reported in their journals meeting and seeing ‘giants’ from the early 1500’s through the mid 1700’s. The famous Sir Francis Drake reported seeing men who stood over 9 feet tall in San Julian in 1578. Then in Valdivia, Chile official records of Spanish authorities report numerous encounters and sightings of a group of ‘giants’ living on the wild fringes of several frontier cities, in 1712. Even the grandfather of the famous poet Byron, Commodore Byron reported seeing giants in 1764 in Cabo Virgines.

There are conflicting stories about the origins of the Hope Diamond, but most agree that it was the same gem once known as the Tavernier Blue. Supposedly, this gem came from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India and was bought by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1660 or 1661 after it had been stolen from the eye of a statue of the Hindu goddess Sita. According to legend, the curse of the Hope diamond comes from its having been stolen from this Hindu idol.

Whatever its origins, the deep blue 112 carat diamond came into the possession of Tavernier who sold it to King Louis XIV in 1668. The court jeweler cut the gem into a 67 1/8 carat crown jewel known as French Blue or the Blue Diamond of the Crown. It stayed in the hands of the French monarchy until it was stolen during the French Revolution in 1792. Incidentally, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were both beheaded during the Revolution making them one of the most famous victims of the curse. The diamond eventually appeared in London under the possession of various merchants. It may have even been owned by King George IV of England for a brief time. It was not until 1824 that it finally resurfaced for good, however. That was the year it came into the possession of Henry Philip Hope, for whom diamond was named.

The Hopes were a prominent English family and the fame of the diamond spread while it was in their possession. It was in the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and in London in 1855. It stayed in the family until 1902 when it was sold by Lord Francis Hope to pay his mounting debts. The diamond was then kicked around until 1911 when the French diamond merchant Pierre Cartier sold it to Evalyn Walsh McLean, an American mining heiress. She made it the pendant in a diamond necklace that it is today.

She wore it virtually every social function she attended from the time she purchased it to the time of her death in 1947. Unfortunately, those who believe in the curse say it brought her great tragedy. She lost her nine year old son in an automobile accident and her twenty-five year old daughter to an overdose of sleeping piles. Further, her husband left her for another woman and McLean lost much of her fortune by the end of her life. Although she willed it to her grandchildren, the gem had to be sold to pay her doubts.

It was bought by Hary Winston who took it on a nine year tour of the United States and Canada raising money for charity. It was also him who cut it one last time to accentuate its luster, making it 45 carats. In 1958, he sent it in a brown paper bag through the United States Postal System to the Smithsonian Institute to add to the national gem collection. It is now the centerpiece of the Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals and is viewed behind three inches of bullet proof glass by thousands of visitors every year. If there was ever any curse attached to it, it was apparently broken by Winston’s good will tour as it has not been blamed for any misfortune since he acquired it in 1949.