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In the latter half, C2C's investigative reporter Cheryll Jones presented her interview with former president of the Arizona Archaeological Society Agave House, Richard Gonsalves, who has extensively studied and decoded mysterious petroglyphs in the Southwest, revealing connections between Native American and ancient Chinese symbols (view related images). He described petroglyphs as “pictures that are scribed into the rock face,” depicting animals and symbols whose meanings have largely eluded understanding, though some have references to Native American legends such as the “ant people." He also highlighted petroglyphs depicting a “beanstalk” exit from an underground world, linking Hopi and Zuni legends to imagery reminiscent of “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
He co-authored research with scientist John Ruskamp Jr., which found that some of the petroglyphs bear a striking resemblance to 3,000-year-old Chinese symbols or pictograms. This revelation points to an ancient Chinese presence in the Americas, including petroglyphs naming “a specific river where the emperor lived in China,” which a Chinese university professor verified as significant, Gonsalves reported. Discussing the challenges of dating petroglyphs, he told Cheryll that, while the rock itself cannot be dated, the script style can be linked to specific Chinese dynasties. Gonsalves described the discovery of a Chinese symbol for "boat" etched above wavy lines interpreted as an ocean, suggesting early Chinese explorers crossed the Pacific to the American Southwest. He believes that the Chinese explorers may have added their pictograms some time after the Indians originally created the petroglyphs.
One of the most intriguing findings involves the “Serenade on an Ancient Prairie” petroglyph, which Gonsalves interprets as a dual-language "Rosetta Stone" combining Chinese symbols for music with Native American depictions of a coyote’s howl. Additionally, he uncovered a petroglyph resembling a UFO or meteor accompanied by Chinese characters for “thunder” and “bell,” suggesting a funerary bell which would have been unknown to Native Americans but consistent with Chinese symbolism.
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