If you're interested in phony DNA research to prop up ancient alien hybrids and alleged nephilim skulls, you're in luck. Two recent posts came to my attention today. They're both long, but well worth the time. First, there's the essay by Frank Johnson at the Ancient...
Giant PaleoBabble
Review of Ancient Aliens’ Craptastic Anunnaki Episode
Jason Colavito has courageously reviewed the latest ode to asininity from the History Channel's Ancient Aliens series. I strongly encourage readers to check it out. It's an informative and fun read. It's a cornucopia of devastating logic. My favorite portion: William...
Wave of Egyptian Nephilim Paleobabble Headed Our Way
I just saw a news story about a 2,000 year-old sarcophagus discovered in Alexandria, Egypt. The coffin dates to the Ptolemaic era (ca. 305-30 BC). News articles have dutifully noted that the sarcophagus is 8.5 feet long. I'm trembling with excitement over what is sure...
Giant Human Mummy Fakery
The Strange Remains blog recently published a worthwhile post on the fakery of giant (and otherwise) human remains in the 19th century. I recommend it. Folks who are into newspaper reports of giants in North America are often ignorant of the fact (or just don't want...
Elongated Skull, Red-Haired Mummy Myth
Are there very old skeletons that have red hair? Sure. That isn't the myth. The myth is that a skeleton or mummy with red hair means that said specimen is evidence of nephilim or visitation of Old World giants in the New World. (I've asked before for the verse that...
“Giant” Third Dynasty Pharaoh Study in the News
I'm referring to this recent two-page (!) study in a medical journal: "Oldest case of gigantism? Assessment of the alleged remains of Sa-Nakht, king of ancient Egypt," Lancet: Diabetes and Endocrinology 5:8 (August 2017): 580-581. Several folks have emailed me about...
Giant 5th Dynasty Skeleton from Giza, Egypt
I came across this article tonight -- it's accessible online: D. M. Mulhern, "A Probable Case of Gigantism in a Fifth Dynasty Skeleton from the Western Cemetery at Giza,Egypt," International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 15 (2005): 261–275. In contrast to the wild,...
Elongated Skulls (aka, Artificial Cranial Modification): It Has Nothing to do with Nephilim
I've blogged about this before, asking questions like "show me the Bible verse that associates elongated skulls with the nephilim," and pointing out that the phenomena is well-known in the medical and anthropological fields. (I even posted pictures of models of...
More Grand Canyon Nephilim Hoaxing
From Jason Colavito's blog: "Nephilim of the Grand Canyon: Cross-Pollination in the Copy-Paste World of Fringe Archaeology." Jason's brief piece recounts new efforts to revive the 1909 Arizona Gazette Grand Canyon hoax about discovering nephilim giants. These sorts of...
Textual References to Giants in Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Sources
Jason Colavito is doing all of us interested in the topic of giants a service with this page-in-progress on his website. It's got a good number of entries/examples already. Check it out!
The Myth of the Smithsonian Archaeological Conspiracy
I've directed readers to Jason Colavito's blog many times before, but I don't believe I've included this specific essay: How David Childress Created the Myth of a Smithsonian Archaeological Conspiracy. Jason makes a good case for the modern origin of this oft-repeated...
Giant Skeleton Hoaxes and Mis-Identifications
I've blogged several times about the pictures of giant human skeletons on the web that aren't what they seem to be. They fall into two categories: hoaxes and mis-identification of the remains of either dinosaurs or (more often) mastodons or mammoths. I recently came...
About Those Giants Hidden in the Smithsonian
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post demonstrating the flawed thinking and resourcing of such claims (and they are quite common). But hey, I guess it sounds better than a giant prehistoric dog eating the evidence.
Discoveries of Giants and Giant Human Remains – Stretching the Truth or Just Tall Tales?
Jason Colavito has written some recent pieces on presumed discoveries of giant human specimens. Often such reports are simply not what they claim to be - evidence is misunderstood or even fabricated, or reports get garbled and transformed in transmission. Here are two...
Giant Mistaken Identity
Hard to believe, but it's been three years since I blogged about Adrienne Mayor's book explaining references to giant skeletons and bones in ancient classical authors (The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times). It's highly recommended. Tonight I...