Columbus was not the first

Christopher Columbus is revered as the discoverer of America ? as hard as this may be for some to accept - this is not true. History now shows that he was far from being first. Panama and the Americas were discovered and settled thousands of years before he ever set sail. Panama's first people were intelligent, articulate, had the ability to make exquisite gold jewellery and could fashion intricate stone objects. The artifacts from the Barriles site in Chiriqui, make that a historical fact, one that truly, is carved in stone.