Hobby Lobby’s Bible Museum Problems Continue
Hobby Lobby president, Steve Green, who is also the chairman of the Museum of the Bible, began buying up antiquities related to the bible between […]
Year: 2018
Conflicting reports on bones from Madagascar. Does one debunk the other?
Back in September, a paper published in the journal Science Advances concluded that humans might have settled, or at least visited, Madagascar about 6,000 years […]
The National Museum of Brazil Fire – a tragedy for all
On their website today, the banner with the words, “1818-2018 momento de união e de reconstuir” (1818-2018 a time of union and rebuilding) takes on […]
Neolithic Amber Trade
Neolithic amber from Sicily was being traded on the Iberian Peninsula at least 2,000 years before Baltic amber made its way to the Western Mediterranean […]
Review of the Olympus TG-870 Tough 16MP Camera
I’m reviewing the Olympus TG-870 camera as an archaeologist. I’ve used it for about 2 years now as my primary camera both in the field […]
What is Pseudoarchaeology?
Simply put, pseudoarchaeology is fake archaeology. The suffix, pseudo-, which comes from the Greek word pseudein (and means “to cheat” or “to lie”) is added to the word archaeology.
Forbidden Archaeology? The Nampa Image Hoax
In the July/August 2007 issue of Atlantis Rising, a ragazine that appeals to the significance-junkie, the mystery-monger, and skeptics like me who are fascinated with the […]
Pseudoscientific Curriculum Offered by Miami-Dade County Schools
Throughout the United States, there seems to be a general push to teach children in public schools what certain politicians, religious leaders, and interest groups […]
The Gilgamesh Epic and its Relationship to Other Mesopotamian Myths – part 2 –
In my last post, I discussed both the Old Babylonian and the Akkadian versions of the Gilgamesh Epic and some of their similarities and differences. […]
The Gilgamesh Epic and its Relationship to other Mesopotamian Myths – part 1-
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of heroism and adventure that still has an appeal to the reader today, suggesting that the human need […]