Cosega Search

I learned a long time ago, the loyalty of friends is a greater power than the will of an enemy

Rip ran a hand through his dusty brown hair and tried to imagine what Larsen had found. Larsen’s words “a Cosega find” had been playing over in his mind almost constantly since he’d heard them. Cosega was the reason that Rip became an archaeologist. The Jeep’s motor whined as it pushed over the unmaintained road. Rip’s thoughts drifted to the past. They always did when he was in the mountains. Fifteen years earlier he had graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with honors after publishing a series of papers on the prehistory of man. His first break came when billionaire Booker Lipton, a Penn alumnus who had amassed a fortune through brutal corporate takeovers and a variety of other business dealings, immediately offered him funding. Rip had skipped the “cap and gown nonsense,” as he called it, and was already in Africa when his degree caught up with him. His first human origins digs were featured in an eight-page layout for National Geographic. Within a few years Archaeology Magazine had twice detailed his findings for cover stories. He taught courses at three different universities, and often shared his expertise on news and talk shows. Then, four years ago, he published a paper on the creation stories of all known Native American tribes entitled: Cosega. The controversy that erupted after had almost ended his career. Not yet forty, Ripley had already achieved more than the greats

It isn’t the citizens of a country that cause trouble in the world. It’s their government.

It seems obvious that each of us holds no greater responsibility than to assist one another.

Gandhi said, ‘First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.’ I believe you, Rip.

who didn’t seem to know much about the discovery, or at least who wasn’t willing to say. The heavy, humid air reminded

Ripley “Rip” Gaines replied, wiping away dust and sweat as he switched to his other ear. “What do you have?

War, killing . . . all of human history is soaked in blood and violence, and for at least two thousand years religion has been at the heart of it all.

Lynchburg College to do a favor for Josh. The two lanky

We often wonder of the true value of Life. We search for endless years as others have searched for endless ages.

profitable, but the downside is so steep, you can’t see up.” Before turning eighteen,