Robert Cargill posted this today on his blog. It’s funny because we’ve all seen it happen, again and again. Although the creators forgot to include the Fantasy Channel (formerly known as the History Channel).
LoreBunk & Hist-eria
Is “Jesus Archaeology” Becoming Like Professional Wrestling?
That was the thought that hit me after reading “Scientists say Turin Shroud is Supernatural.” Now, you all know that I’m interested in the Shroud of Turin. (How could I not be when I write a blog like this?) Despite my ambivalence toward the object...
Getting to Know Your 2012 Apocalyptic PaleoBabble
I came across this lengthy conversation (from this past August) recently. It’s a good article that provides a number of links for understanding the history and past cultural applications of the 2012 Mayan “prophecy” nonsense. It’s a good...
Think You're An Alien?
The idea that there are people out there who think they are “starseeds” with tragic amnesia about their extraterrestrial heritage wasn’t new to me. But it may be to readers, who don’t have the benefit of having listened to thousands of hours of...
Ron Wyatt and Those Egyptian Chariot Wheels
I’ve complained before about the poor quality of Ron Wyatt’s “research” (loosely defined) before . While he may have been well-intentioned (his aim was to defend the Bible’s content), there is no excuse for the kind of paleobabble he has...
2011 Harold Camping Bunkagesis Award — Voting Begins
In a stunning turn of events, Harold Camping got the end of the world wrong again. Go figure. But his nonsense will not be wasted. As promised, it’s time to open voting for the first annual Harold Camping Bunkagesis Award. Just follow this link below to vote for...
The Sad Case of Carl Baugh
I came across some older stuff on Carl Baugh this evening and was startled to discover that, after 300+ posts on this blog, I’d never blogged anything about him. Time to fix that. Carl Baugh is the young earth creationist who claimed to have discovered human...
Aryan Mythology as Science and Ideology
I recently came across this interesting scholarly article on how Aryan Paleobabble was used by the Nazis. It’s a good academic introduction tracing their rationale and (mis)use of archaeology, linguistics, and social science data.
$imcha Jacobovici Nailed Again
Pardon the pun. This time archaeologist Joe Zias puts it to Jacobovici regarding his “discovery” of the nails of Jesus’ cross in the Talpiot tomb. Hope this hurts $imcha’s bank account a bit.
Nailing $imcha Jacobovici
A few more posts by scholars still engaged with Simcha Jacobovici. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel. Here’s one more from Mark Goodacre, who discusses the non-extant textual material that $imcha uses to build his vacuous argument. And then Todd Bolen...
Thorn from Jesus' Crown on Display at the British Museum
I guess they’re using the rest of the thorns collected by medieval relic-hoarders to built a replica of Noah’s ark in Kentucky. Oh, wait — I got the thorn mixed up with pieces from the cross. At least this piece of paleo-nonsense involved a...
Dinosaur Petroglyphs and a Lesson in Intellectual Dishonesty
I was alerted to a new scholarly article today on the issue of so-called dinosaur petroglyphs. Here is the citation (the article is free): Senter and Cole. 2011. “Dinosaur” petroglyphs at Kachina Bridge site, Natural Bridges National Monument, southeastern...
Atlantis: The Myth That Keeps on Giving
Ever wondered how a few lines of Plato’s Timaeus that mention Atlantis somehow morphed into a myth so bloated that you can fill a library wing with tomes by “authorities” and “researchers” describing the science, technology, religion, and...
Ahmed Osman: No Stranger to Revisionist PaleoBabble
Ahmed Osman has authored a number of books promoting fringe revisionist history with respect to ancient Egypt and the Bible (basically, the intersection of the two). His books have apparently sold well (no surprise there). Here are some titles (I love the one with the...
How to Detect BS (and so, PaleoBabble)
Here’s an interesting and humorous post by public speaker Scott Berkun entitled, “ How to Detect Bullshit .” Several parts of it are quite applicable to the paleobabbling that happens every day on the web (and in print and on radio).