Like many people, i have alsways thought that the Romans just kinda did their on thing in europe and the middle east etc, but lately after discovering that they (especially the byzantines) had fairly extensive contact with the chinese i have been dumbfounded, and after looking into some more stuff i found three articles claiming that the Romans made it to north america at the least, and i was just wanted to know whether these articles are trustworthy/if they speak of at least some truth...
Here are the articles:
https://www.simcoe.com/opinion-story/6977845-ancient-romans-explored-north-america/ (i have most of my doubts about this one)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/628827/ANCIENT-ROMANS-America-eerie-discovery-change-history
also a wikipedia article about other peoples who made it to the new world before columbus, which includes a short section about the romans, also making me wonder whether it could be true:
any help or clarity would be greatly welcome, and i hope someone is able to shed some light on the situation...
Let's get the elephant out of the room first: the "Ancient Artifact Preservation Society" hosts literal Nazis who reinvented themselves as pseudoscience authors after their imprisonment for sexual abuse.
Now then, onto the reputable non-Nazis in the AAPS, like the Jovan Hutton Pullitzer quoted in the first link. Maybe this guy didn't do some shady stuff before changing his name and getting into the ancient artifact business. That's a reasonably low bar for reliable experts, right? Oh, wait. Dang it.. Pullitzer used to be J.J. Philyaw, until the catastrophic failure of his first product cost investors almost two hundred million. Now he sells crystals and fraud detectors for right-wing conspirators.
Anyways....
There's not much to say that hasn't been said here:
The sword is identical to souvenirs that could be purchased in the late 19th-century, has absolutely no context, and no real way to date itfrom /u/rioabajo, /u/kookingpot, /u/alriclofgar, and /u/400-rabbits
The history of Oak Island- or the lack thereof from /u/mathrodite
The context of Pulitzer's claims by Jason Colavito
The remarkable similarity of defects between the Oak Island sword and known souvenirs/reproductions by Andy White