Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Burrows Cave is the name given to an alleged cave site in a disputed location in Southern Illinois allegedly discovered by Russell E. Burrows. Burrows says it contained a number of artifacts. The cave and its contents are considered a hoax by mainstream archaeologists and some fringe archaeologists.Burrows says he discovered the cave while hiking in 1982, and that it contained numerous archaeological artifacts, including carvings, coins, and other artifacts. Many of the purported artifacts are said to have inscriptions in various ancient languages such as Egyptian, Ancient Greek, etc., but the inscriptions are generally meaningless. Burrows claims that the cave is a tomb holding the artifacts and remains of 13 crypts. To date, nobody outside Burrows' immediate circle has claimed to have been inside the caves, and many of the claimed artifacts have been revealed as forgeries. The cave and its artifacts are widely considered to be a hoax or fraud, even among proponents of other pseudoarchaeological theories such as Barry Fell. The idea has gained some traction within proponents of Mormon archaeology and hyperdiffusionism theorists such as Frank Collin (writing as Frank Joseph) Burrows and the cave were one of the subjects of the season 2 "Grand Canyon Treasure" episode of America Unearthed and the show "Holy Grail in America" both produced by the History Channel.Thomas Emerson, the Illinois state archaeologist and former head of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency warned that the claims being made by Burrows cave proponents were sensational, and not backed by solid evidence."@en }
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- Burrows_Cave abstract "Burrows Cave is the name given to an alleged cave site in a disputed location in Southern Illinois allegedly discovered by Russell E. Burrows. Burrows says it contained a number of artifacts. The cave and its contents are considered a hoax by mainstream archaeologists and some fringe archaeologists.Burrows says he discovered the cave while hiking in 1982, and that it contained numerous archaeological artifacts, including carvings, coins, and other artifacts. Many of the purported artifacts are said to have inscriptions in various ancient languages such as Egyptian, Ancient Greek, etc., but the inscriptions are generally meaningless. Burrows claims that the cave is a tomb holding the artifacts and remains of 13 crypts. To date, nobody outside Burrows' immediate circle has claimed to have been inside the caves, and many of the claimed artifacts have been revealed as forgeries. The cave and its artifacts are widely considered to be a hoax or fraud, even among proponents of other pseudoarchaeological theories such as Barry Fell. The idea has gained some traction within proponents of Mormon archaeology and hyperdiffusionism theorists such as Frank Collin (writing as Frank Joseph) Burrows and the cave were one of the subjects of the season 2 "Grand Canyon Treasure" episode of America Unearthed and the show "Holy Grail in America" both produced by the History Channel.Thomas Emerson, the Illinois state archaeologist and former head of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency warned that the claims being made by Burrows cave proponents were sensational, and not backed by solid evidence.".