Some of you may have noticed in the comments that I replied to a commenter that the idea that ancient Egyptians were Negroes is nonsense (er, paleobabble). I thought I’d direct anyone interested in this to some resources. Here is a scholarly article that does a...
Ancient Egypt
Recent New Scientist Article on Tutankhamen DNA
The article is accessible here . It includes some new criticisms.
Howard Carter Missed the Aliens
Pretty cool news from the Griffith Institute at Oxford, a Mecca for Egyptology: They have digitized all of Howard Carter’s handwritten notes (3500 handwritten cards) taken about King Tut’s tomb and put them online. The online database also includes over...
Does King Tut’s DNA Prove He Was Western European?
This weekend I received a link via email to a news story about how the King Tut DNA proved he was Western European. The sender is an erstwhile ancient astronaut (and especially Zecharia Sitchin) supporter. Somehow, he thought that this idea (if it were true) proved...
Akhenaten’s Mummy Identified via DNA Testing?
I just wanted to post an update on what has emerged as a controversy regarding the identification of Akhenaten’s mummy (or not). The Egyptology News blog has been keeping up with the discussion pretty closely. Yesterday a post appeared in favor of confirmation...
Leaked DNA Findings on King Tut
Very interesting post today over on Archaeoblog. The results of DNA testing on King Tut have been leaked a bit. Now, this isn’t paleobabble, so why note it? Because there are some items of interest to the paleobabblers out there: Genetic testing found evidence...
Egyptomania
Came across a nice (and fairly lengthy) article on Egyptomania today. A nice sketch. For those PaleoBabble faithful who want solid academic material on the wacky things people think and have thought about Egypt (including pyramidiocy and the “true”...
Latest Salvo in the Giza Caves Debate
From professor Peter Manuelian here .
Guest Blogger Andrew Collins on the Giza Caves Discovery
Back on August 5 I blogged about Andrew Collins’ discovery of caves under the Giza Plateau and Zahi Hawass’ apoplectic response to the news. Dr. Hawass recently posted a lengthier response on his website. The response was less hysterical than his initial...
Caves Beneath the Giza Plateau
Not Paleobabble; this is for real. Â A couple weeks ago I blogged about Andrew Collins’ discovery (and Zahi Hawass’ ridiculous denial). Â Here’s a link to a video of the caves. And the Talking Pyramids blog is a cool one. Editor’s note: broken...
Alien Fetus in King Tut’s Tomb?
Well . . . half of that is right . . . the fetus part, anyway. The picture below is often offered as part of the “aliens visited ancient Egypt” paleobabblefest on the internet. The mummified corpse on the right is said to be alien (“just look at the...
Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Unusual Physique: Proof of Alien DNA?
Uh . . . nope. Well . . . it does have something to do with genetics . . . but not from space aliens. Fortunately, we have something called . . . science . . . to help us understand what may have been going on with Akhenaten (and other members of the 18th dynasty)....