Uruguay Collection
SeaFarers from the Levant the first to set foot in the Americas: proto-Sinaitic inscriptions found along the coast of Uruguay
Date: July 2014
Adding a new dimension to the subject of ancient Trans-Oceanic Contact by the discovery of an extensive network of inscriptional engravings along the Eastern coastline of Uruguay, South America.
Using the Google Earth remote sensing satellite I captured a mass of inscriptions carved into the surface of a 4700 metre long, white crystalline rock formation - possibly rhyolite or syenite - along Uruguay's Southern Atlantic coastline. He then set out to determine if the inscriptions could reveal which Civilisation, or Civilisations, carved these inscriptions and, therefore, whom may have been among the first to set foot on this point of the Americas.
The Group 2 satellite photograph clearly showing the vast amount of inscriptive material discovered by Archaeoastronomer, William James Veall, on the South Atlantic coastline of Uruguay, South America.
A random selection of characters from the Group 2 inscriptions.
Visual examination of the multiplicity of symbols depicted in the satellite photographs suggested a rock engraving technique very similar to proto-Sinaitic whereby a series of 'pecked' holes are conjoined by a thin trace to create a particular character. Also notable, each 'bloc' of inscriptive material has been deliberately segregated by a boundary line of small rocks. Different racial group visitations, at different times, perhaps?
Proto-Sinaitic has, allegedly, been found in Brazil at Itacoatiara, near Manaus, and at Curraes Velhos, Rio Grande do Norte State, A tablet with very similar proto-Sinaitic characters was found at the Deir-Alla excavations in Jordan, thus reinforcing and supporting a Trans-Oceanic Mediterranean - South American connection.
(Mattievich,E. "Journey to the Mythological Inferno". Rogem Press, Denver. 2010. Chap IV, Page 93). 
Title. The Group 3 satellite photograph demonstrating the vast number of inscriptions discovered by Archaoastronomer, William James Veall, on the Uruguayan coast of South America.
A random selection of characters from the Group 3 inscriptions.
The Author points out that visual inspection of the satellite photographs in conjunction with published epigraphy charts might suggest a possible time sequence constructed from the multiplicity of characters available. But it is foolish, at this stage, to think in terms of transliteration because letter shapes are often very similar in completely unconnected scripts. However, the pristine state of each inscriptive group, i.e. no obvious graffiti 'overprinting', does indicate scribes with a certain degree of literacy who were charged with leaving a visitation mark for the historical record.
The Author's first task was to determine if it was possible to formulate an epigraphical base line. It was obvious there were no elaborate Egyptian Heiroglyphs, (circa 3000BC) nor evidence of the very unique Cuneiform 'wedges' (3300BC - 100BC). However, there is a fairly convincing starting point: Centrally disposed within the Group 2 photograph (see insert below) is a inscription 'printed' in heavier black symbols; these heiratic characters, which are the direct descendents of ancient Egyptian heiroglyphs, became the precursors of the proto-Sinaitic writing system.
Title: The heiratic/proto-Sinaitic inscription carved on to an outcrop of the Group 2, Uruguayan rock formation. Copyright WJV 2014
Many proto-Sinaitic characters (also known as proto-Canaanite) are visible within Group 2 and together with their close association to the heiratic symbols can give a quite accurate 'first visitation' date sometime within the19th century BC. Currently, proto-Sinaitic proper is thought to have been invented around 1850BC; this replaced directly the Egyptian heiroglyphic - heiratic 'combo' system.
Proto-Sinaitic then led to the development of the early linear Phoenician script and its many variants whose closeness of date and similarity in characters confidently gives a time span of 1900BC - 1100BC; this date (1100BC) being the historical 'invention' date of the 22 character, Phoenician 'international' writing system used for all West Semitic languages. Interestingly, many characters from this new 'alphabet' do not appear to be included in the Uruguyan rock collection suggesting movement away from this particular 'port of call', a little after 1100BC.
Close inspection of some of the characters charted by Veall reveal symbols that appear very similar to those from the early stages of 'writing' development and which fall within the hypothetical time frame: Paleo - Hebrew, Samaritan (developed from paleo-Hebrew), Old Hebrew (Phoenician variant), Hyksos, (1750BC), Aramaic, to name a few.
William Veall comments; "the character spread tells us that Trans-Oceanic visitations took place between the Mediterranean region and 'Uruguay' for, at least, the 800 years between 1900BC and 1100BC, and, with the expansion of (Phoenician) Sea- Faring trade extending this to, perhaps, 400BC we have an active time-line of some 1500 years trading with South America, over 3500 years ago - which effectively rules out Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas in AD 1492 "
The Author believes a transliteration may expose valuable trading information because the inscriptive material is quite close to the Rio de la Plata River Delta suggesting that Sea Peoples in 1900BC located and had early access to the gold fields of south and south- west Uruguay. Perhaps, discontinuation of the epigraphical sequence is also an indicator that the gold fields had become depleted after 800 years of mining and so trading ceased in this part of Uruguay circa 1100BC.
HOT NEWS: William Veall has included the diagram below of a geoglyph he discovered adjacent to the inscriptive material, therefore, considers both contemporaneous. According to the Google Earth measuring tool the six headings are: Line Centre A: 51.5º, 56.5º and 59.5º. Line Centre B: 51.5º and 59º respectively. A ground survey will be required to confirm the headings are astronomically aligned and, if so, what was the horizon target? 
Feeding the azimuthals (note: not Declinations) into SKY MAP planetarium the ultimate horizon target appears to have been a point at Azimuth 59º whereby the Sunrise and New Moonrise are in conjunction on the horizon at the time of the Winter solstice in 400BC. Azimuth 51º, linked to the array, targets Pleiades rising well in time to announce the arrival of Winter Solstice.
This particular News Item will be extended in greater detail in a future posting when it is hoped Declinations will be available.
Acknowledgements: The Author, William James Veall acknowledges with grateful thanks all those who place their hard won expertise into the public domain in order that we Researchers can move our own projects forward. Nascodex Publications is a non-profit organisation.
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"SEAFARERS FROM THE LEVANT". PART 2
In an historic breakthrough an emminent Epigrapher using the ancient Manding System of Writing translates the inscriptive material discovered along the Southern Altantic coastline of Uruguay.
Two of the historic satellite photographs, Figs 1 and 2 from Part 1, overlaid with words and phrases in the ancient West African, Manding System of Writing, detected and translated by emminent Epigrapher, Dr Clyde Winters, PhD, from the inscriptive material discovered along the Southern Atlantic shoreline of Uruguay by the Author.
A reader of Part 1(Aliya Osho, Sofia, Bulgaria) took the opportunity to inform me that some of the 'Uruguayan' characters depicted in the satellite photographs were very similar to Bulgarian Runes and kindly sent a chart to illustrate the point. Sure enough, many of the signs did mirror those carved into the rocks along the Uruguayan shoreline.
Intrigued, I sent a copy of Part 1 to expert Epigrapher, Dr Clyde A Winters, Ph.D. Uthman dan Fodio Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60643, USA, http://olmec98.net and at the same time, queried the apparent close similarity of the 'Uruguayan' characters to Bulgarian Runes. With Dr Winters full permission, I quote verbatim his very interesting response:
"It is not surprising that the signs from Uruguay resemble the Hungarian writing. They resemble each other because the Vai writing system and other writing systems is based on the Thinite writing". ( http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2008/08/thinite-writing.html )
"The ancient Hungarians were also Kushites so their writing system looks identical to other writing systems based on Thinite used in West Asia and Africa (http://olmec98.net/Magyar.htm)
Dr Winters conducted an overview of the Uruguayan rock inscriptions and added the following rider to his transliteration chart below.
"I believe these inscriptions were written by some of the scouts of Mansa Abubakari that he sent out ahead of the main expeditionary force of at least 25,000. They appear to be inscriptions like those I found in Brazil and North America that was telling the members of the expedition the best places to establish settlements".
There is no doubt that these inscriptions carved in the Manding System of Writing and translated by Dr Winters announces the same message he interpreted from markings found in Brazil and North America. Readers who wish to learn more about the ancient Manding Peoples and the Writing Systems they invented, I recommend "The Ancient Manding Script " by Dr Clyde Winters. http://olmec98.net/mandeWriting.pdf
The huge quantity of inscriptive material carved into the 5000 metre length rock outcrop may take many years to completely unravel because this 'Village' port of call in South America confirms, in view of the many and varying enscribed character styles, to have had visitations from Trans-Oceanic traders plying wares from as far away as West Africa and the Mediterranean region. Now that a door has opened, courtesy of Dr Winters' freely given expertise, I hope more epigraphers will come forward in a concerted effort to further break-down the remaining huge mass of data.
With the introduction of the 'Manding' element into the equation, not forgetting the close similarity of the Bulgarian Runes, the chronological time frame must now take into account visitations other than those I have already hypothesised in Part 1, from the proto-Sinaitic, circa 1850 B.C. and reaching out to the African, Mansa Abubakari, expeditionary force, circa AD 1312 - a time line of some 3,300 years trans-oceanic activity.
But, bear in mind, the Manding system of writing was created thousands of years beforehand from proto-Mande, (circa 4000 B.C.), in fact long before the Phoenicians arrived in Africa, circa 1200 B.C.http://olmec98.net/mandeWriting.pdf. This statement, of course, still begs the question; were the Manding inscriptions actually carved in the 14th century AD or are they contemporaneous within the time frame I hypothesised in Part 1?
This topic is extremely relevant from an Archaeoastronomy point of view because the long suspected route to South America from Mali in West Africa was via the city of Niani (Niamey), down the Niger River to the Gulf of Guinea and thence to the Americas via the Guinea or Brazilian ocean currents. The orientation of my newly discovered Uruguayan geoglyph - running through the inscriptive field - points north eastwards and when extended out across the Southern Atlantic Ocean, enters the Gulf of Guinea close to the Niger River Delta!. An invisible thread inexorably linking the countries of West Africa to the South American mainland in ancient times?
So in the final analysis, can a conclusion be drawn as to the 'historical' fate for Christopher Columbus? (Refer to Part 1 topic question). Emphatically, Yes! The evidence has become overwhelming. We now know from the archaeological record, trans-oceanic voyaging was alive and well thousands of years before Columbus was born. In my opinion, it is now time to re-adjust the claims of the Spanish historians and re-align them to accord with the modern record. I am confident that further diligent application of epigraphy to the inscriptive records carved into the Uruguayan shoreline, may yet reveal more unexpected surprises?
If Readers care to log on to https://youtu.be/fqliNyi62EY .Titled: "Black Native American Mound Builders 2" , they will see not only a very interesting video but Dr Winter's explanatory sketch map of 'Abubakari's Route to the New World' - actually passing along the Uruguayan coastline.
May I express my most sincere thanks to Dr Clyde A. Winters for spending much his valuable time to study the Uruguayan rock inscriptions and for identifying and making a translation of the Manding element amongst the inscriptive material; this is another historic breakthrough in the search for proof of trans-oceanic contact between the two Continents, West Africa and South America.