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Is Metamora Logo An Ancient Keltic Face ?

by, John J White, III & Beverley H Moseley, Jr Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Newsletter   Many of the advertisements for the Metamora Museum of Ethnographic Art feature a photograph of the sculptured stone face shown below. The Museum Director Paul J Hendricks represents this artifact conservatively to be American-made colonial art Read More

Bits And Pieces Of EMSL: Part I

By, John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal The author has found so many examples of significant EMSL words that some have become lost for lack of a suitable opportunity for discussion. The most important case is the so called “orphan”, an additional example that should have been explained in Read More

Ancient Words In Ethel Stewart’s ‘Last King Of The Hsi-Hsia Empire’

by, John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal   The “Last King of the Hsi-Hsia Empire” by Ethel Stewart (previous article) discusses several aspects of Tibetan Buddhism in order to explain the Dene version of this history. There is little unity in this current piece. It is simply a chance Read More

Photograph Of The Famous Kettle Hill ‘Mummy’ – The Beginning of the Robert Goslin Legacy

by, Beverley H Moseley, Jr. and John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal   It is possible to argue that Robert Martin Gosling (1904-1964) was the greatest field archaeologist and naturalist in Ohio History. This self-educated genius from an enlightened Lancaster, Ohio family (father and four brothers) was a career Read More