{"id":3923906,"date":"2026-02-13T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/is-there-a-connection-between-petroglyphs-in-georgia-and-bronze-age-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:04:14","slug":"is-there-a-connection-between-petroglyphs-in-georgia-and-bronze-age-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/is-there-a-connection-between-petroglyphs-in-georgia-and-bronze-age-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Connection Between Petroglyphs in Georgia and Bronze Age Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petroglyphs found in Georgia show a possible connection between some of the earliest archaeological sites in the United States and Bronze Age Europe.<\/p>\n

Symbols found etched into stone are remarkably similar. At one ancient site in Savannah, Georgia, some also point to possible connections with the Mesoamericans. Nevertheless, today, those sites are obscure and, in one case, merely relegated to the side of a desolate highway overpass.<\/p>\n

The Uchee or Yuchi Tribe<\/h2>\n

The Uchee (also spelled Euchee, Outchee, Uchi, or Yuchee), Creek, and Seminole tribes that created these sites long ago were uprooted and all-but-destroyed when Europeans arrived in the late 1600s. The name the Uchee gave themselves was\u00a0Tsoyaha<\/a>\u00a0or Coyaha,\u00a0\u201cChildren of the Sun.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

These Native Americans spoke a unique language unrelated to any other, which is\u00a0endangered today. <\/a>However, remaining ancestors are working to restore their heritage before it\u2019s lost forever.<\/p>\n

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# 787 We celebrate the Tsoyaha Yudgiha for many reasons\u2026 Today, they are a very much forgotten Indigenous people that\u2026<\/p>\n

Posted by Yuchi (Tsoyaha) Indigenous People<\/a> on\u00a0Wednesday, October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of those ancestors is\u00a0Richard L. Thornton,\u00a0<\/a>who describes himself as an author, architect, and city planner with Creek and Uchee Indian heritage. Thornton\u00a0is the architect\u00a0<\/a>for Oklahoma\u2019s Trail of Tears Memorial in Tulsa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Home of the Sun<\/h2>\n

Thornton points out that the Uchee believe their ancestors were from across the ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cSince their first contacts with the Georgia colonists in 1733, the Uchee have consistently stated that their ancestors came across the Atlantic Ocean from the \u201chome of the sun\u201d and first landed at the mouth of the Savannah River,\u201d\u00a0writes Thornton.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If true, his theories mean that the Uchee descended from people living some 4,600 miles across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Signs Almost Forgotten\u00a0<\/h2>\n

After studying the petroglyphs and ancient sites, Thornton believes ancient mariners from Scandinavia traveled to Georgia thousand of years ago. In the pursuit of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt, they interacted with Native people, leaving behind signs. Signs they left behind:<\/p>\n