Your Very Own Roman Sword a la “The Curse of Oak Island”
I was browsing on Amazon today and, as Amazon likes to do, I was shown items I’ve looked at in the past. In this case […]
Pseudoarchaeology
The Pseudoscience of Ley Lines
One of the first mentions of “ley lines,” if not THE first, was by Alfred Watkins in his book, Early British Trackways, Moats, Mounds, Camps, […]
New World Drugs and Old World Mummies
A few times per year, someone brings up the fact that drugs like nicotine and cocaine were found in ancient Egyptian mummies, which they conclude […]
Pseudoarchaeology on the Travel Channel: Megan Fox to have a new show and crystal skulls on Legendary Locations
Yesterday, I posted a link on the Facebook Page to a an online article at Inverse where Rae Paoletta covered the recent news that Megan […]
Andrew Collins and the Oldest Humans
Pseudoarchaeology proponent Andrew Collins posted on Jan. 25 to the aptly named “Megalithomania” Facebook group in response to the “Oldest known human fossil outside Africa” […]
No Scottish Spheres in Tiwanaku
A guy named Hugh Newman has a video that was recently shared with me that I thought was interesting. In it, Newman highlights some legitimate […]
2017: A Year in Fake, Fraudulent, and Fantastic Archaeology
Here’s a review of the articles written here at Archaeology Review about fake, fantastic, and fraudulent archaeology–otherwise known as pseudoarcheaology. Bosnian Pyramid The year started […]
The Fuente Magna Bowl: Not Cuneiform and not Sumerian
In 2015 I wrote a quick article, Sumerians in Bolivia? Probably Not, in which I very briefly described and criticized the Fuente Magna Bowl–a so-called […]
Yonaguni: Monumental Ruins or Natural Geology?
Just a few dozen meters off the coast of the island of Yonaguni in Japan, which is situated very near Taiwan and considered the southwest-most […]
A Review of Jaime Maussan’s Alien Mummy from Peru
The following is a quick look at a strange but popular story making its rounds on the internet, mostly in Facebook. I have no doubt […]