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Busting 13 of the Smithsonian’s Most Persistent Myths

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Grand Canyon Mysteries and Egyptian Contact Claims

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Smithsonian institutional corrective for the Grand Canyon story: reproduces the 1909 claim genealogy, states that the Smithsonian has no record of such an expedition and distinguishes the newspaper report from an archaeological discovery.

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No cataloged archaeological evidence supports a Smithsonian-backed 1909 discovery of an Egyptian or 'Oriental' cave in the Grand Canyon.

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