Ancient civilizations donate their offerings to Mount Greylock (jan 1, 11000 BC – oct 12, 1492)

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(Arnold Rivers implies that the artifacts found at Mount Greylock date up to the Pre-Colonial Era in American history, suggesting that Christopher Columbus' voyage brought an end to the donations)

"Many of the artifacts were pre-colonial. Some were from Native American tribes, but, there were other artifacts. Some Mesoamerican, and others were shockingly Clovis in nature. Finding Clovis artifacts here means that people have been coming to Mount Greylock since at least 11,000 BCE. But that's not all, no, there are artifacts I found that could potentially be from even earlier, Paleo-American cultures that we have yet to be even begin studying. Then there were artifacts and writings left by the cultures that were pre-Columbian in nature. Transoceanic contacts prior to Columbus. Reaching the Americas has always been largely a theory, but, but the artifacts in this mountain, they, they prove it. Ancient Chinese, Arabic, Indian, Roman, Spanish, Viking, even Ancient Greek and Egyptian. Our findings that day alone would change world history as we know it today. I'll admit the anthropologist in me was thrilled. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I figured it could be a hoax. But i'm confident that it's all authentic. But my excitement was soon replaced with a looming fear and anxiety. How could such a place be important to so many cultures for so long? There must be something immense here. Whatever it was. Well, that's why I left the project. The tunnels all connected to a series of chambers deep into the interior of the mountain. That's where the majority of the relics were found. There were old baskets of herbs and spices. Pottery, weapons, and armor, talismans, and other religious items. Countless other things. But all of it was there purposely as offerings."
-Arnold Eugene Rivers, 1987

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