This is what you call a terrible testimony: “Hobby Lobby to forfeit ancient Iraqi artifacts in settlement with DOJ.” From the article: Federal prosecutors say that when Hobby Lobby, which is based in Oklahoma City, began assembling its collection it was...
Archaeology
The Myth of Gobekli Tepe: What the Archaeological Fringe Isn’t Telling You
If you’re into archaeology, neolithic civilization, ancient religion and, of course, paleobabble, you’ve head of Gobekli Tepe. But in case not, Gobekli Tepe is an archaeological site in Turkey whose use dates back to the 10th-8th millennium B.C. The site...
Another “Stone Age Atlantis”
Here’s a report about the discovery by some Swedish divers of “an ancient underwater site” deep in the Baltic. Since it’s in the Nordic region, it’s being dubbed as the “Swedish Atlantis.” (Sigh). Have you ever wondered why...
Graham Hancock and Bad Archaeology
Professional archaeologist Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, the force behind the Bad Archaeology blog, recently posted a series of articles detailing the (poor) research techniques and (flawed) argumentation of Graham Hancock. Here are the links to the series: Hancock’s...
Aerial Archaeology, Anatolia, and Ancient Persia
I recently came across some open-access resources that some readers might find interesting and useful.[1. My apologies to ancient astronaut believers who might be confused by real research.] Here are the links: APAAME – The Aerial Photographic Archive for...
Ancient Neolithic Tunnels: No Aliens Needed
You just have to check out this fascinating article: “Massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey.” Really cool. If you’ve ever visited underground caverns (or ridden a subway), you know that getting from Point A...
Archaeology and the Queen of Sheba
I’ve seen a couple news items in the last several days about the possible discovery of a gold mine that archaeologists suspect may be associated with the biblical story of the Queen of Sheba. Examples include this story and this post from the Bible Places blog....
“Lost Underwater City” Gets Recycled
You just knew it was going to happen. Now the underwater city that really isn’t an underwater city is being linked to Atlantis ! Sweet! PaleoBabble followers will recall that many commenters to earlier posts on this “find” pointed us in the...
Lost Army of Cambyses Noted on Egyptology News Blog
Check out the post here . Time will tell if this is the real deal, but it's already quote interesting. Editor's note: see here for more background information, and Zahi Hawass' claims against; sadly, there doesn't seem to have been scholarly follow up to this report:...
Has the Original Labyrinth Been Found?
Could be. This isn’t from a paleo-babbling source, either. Real archaeologists doing what they do. Â Read about it here .