Copper culture in America bc

The 26th Dynasty Egyptians in America 1. Egyptians always carried religious symbols with them in case of death 2. A Egyptian statute called a Ushabti was discovered in Libertyville, Illinois with attribute unique to the 26th dynasty in Egypt 3. Around 610 BC, according to historian Herodotus, Necho II commissioned the first circumnavigation of the African continent. The Punic-Egyptian sailors probably used the canary Island current to arrive in the gulf of Mexico and travel up the Mississippi River eventually arriving near libertyville Illinois. The Canary current sweeps off North Africa's west coast near the Canary Islands, straight across the Atlantic, and into the gulf of Mexico. 4. The voyage was accomplished using Phoenician ships with Egyptian crews 5. The ship would have sailed up the Mississippi river to the Western shores of Lake Michigan, five miles from Libertyville, Illinois. 6. The Egyptians referred to America as the Mirror or underworld because America was position directly below Egypt on the globe. America was thought to be the resting place of the Sun and the land of the immorals. 7. The Nile civilization built upon copper. The pharaohs sent out explorers in search of new worlds across the oceans. 8. As early as 2600 BC pharaonic fleets had sailed into the Atlantic Ocean. 9. Pepi II sailed and returned from "Two Parts of Heaven" beyond the western horizon. 10. The micmac is a language of Egyptian Glyphs