A few non-conforming forensic investigators, geologists, and archaeologists have tirelessly worked to uncover significant aspects of early history, challenging the established views of academia and science. Ancient artifacts continue to be discovered beneath our feet, providing evidence that contradicts the prevailing narrative. One such artifact, the Bat Creek Stone, discovered over a century ago in Bat Creek, Tennessee, offers insight into pre-Columbian North American history. In mid-February 1889, John W. Emmert, working for the Bureau of Ethnology's Mound Survey Project under the Smithsonian Institute, excavated an undisturbed trio of prehistoric Indian mounds along the Little Tennessee River. Within Mound 3, he found skeletal remains of nine adult males and a rectangular stone, engraved with five mysterious glyphs, beneath the skull of one skeleton. Initially dismissed as Paleo-Cherokee by Bureau Chief Cyrus Thomas, the stone was briefly displayed at the Smithsonian, then largely forgotten. More than 60 years later, Dr. Joseph P. Mahan recognized the inscription as paleo-Hebrew, not Paleo-Cherokee, and noted that it had been displayed and photographed upside-down by Smithsonian officials. Cyrus Gordon, a professor of Ancient Languages, translated the inscription for Judah and dated it between 70 and 135 AD based on linguistic evidence. Following Gordon's findings, mainstream academics harshly criticized him, and later targeted Emmert, labeling him a forger and drunkard without evidence, to discredit the artifact as a hoax. Despite this, supporters like Henriette Mertz, a forgery identification expert, concluded the inscription was genuinely ancient. David Allen Deal and J. Huston McCulloch also reaffirmed Gordon's translation and defended the artifact's authenticity in published debates. In 2010, geologist Scott F. Wolter conducted scientific testing on the Bat Creek Stone at the McCurg Museum of the University of Tennessee using advanced technologies like the Olympus SZX 12 Zoom microscope and a scanning electron microscope. His findings, published in Ancient American magazine, confirmed the stone's ancient authenticity, showing that the inscription was engraved around the same time the human remains were buried in the mound, less than 2,000 years ago. This geological evidence closely aligned with Gordon's linguistic dating, establishing the artifact's pre-Columbian provenance beyond reasonable doubt.

In the realm of archaeology, significant findings challenge conventional historical narratives. Just west of Los Lunas, New Mexico, at the base of Mystery Mountain, lies an area known to ancient Indians as the Cliff of the Strange Writings. Here, a volcanic basalt rock bears the Los Lunas Inscription, also called the Commandment Stone. This rock preserves an abbreviated form of the Ten Commandments in ancient Hebrew writing, dating to approximately 1000 B.C., as determined by geologist George Morehouse. The style of the characters closely resembles that used on the Moabite Stone from the era of Israelite kings Omri and Ahab. Over two thousand years before Columbus, people of Semitic origin were in New Mexico, leaving behind evidence of their presence. The Los Lunas site, located along the Puerco River, a tributary of the Rio Grande in the Atlantic drainage, could have been accessible to Hebrew-Phoenician sailors. Huge bodies of water, capable of handling large ships, once existed in the area but have since dried up. Additional inscriptions left by Phoenician trading ships in other parts of America further support the presence of ancient Semitic peoples in North America long before Columbus. The study of these inscriptions, known as epigraphy, has helped translate the Los Lunas Inscription, revealing its historical significance. However, the site remains unmarked and is not recognized as an official archaeological site by mainstream science, often disregarded despite its potential to reshape historical understanding.