Short Answer: Yes (at least for some, like Erich von Daniken). Slightly Longer Answer:Â Yes, because some presume that humans in antiquity were so primitive they could not build these things without the assistance of non-human intelligence. Then, an elect super-race...
Megaliths
Why the Moundbuilder Myth is Wrong
Readers interested in ancient North America (and who are data-driven, not conspiracy-driven or fans of bad biblical interpretation) would do well to read this old (2011) essay by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick:...
New Evidence Neither Aliens Nor Nephilim Were Needed to Build the Pyramids
It made me sad to even have to type that post heading. But let’s face it. It’s news to a lot of people. Headlines of this sort have been drawing a lot of attention in recent days: Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid Of Giza Was Built. It’s...
On Mathematical Codes for the Great Pyramid and other Megalithic Structures
I’ll be honest. I’m among those of you (and there are a lot of us) who’d think of themselves as “math-challenged.” That makes me vulnerable to being impressed by people who do amazing things with numbers and then attribute meaning to the...
American Moundbuilders and Earthworks: Textbook Pseudo-Archaeology
Here’s a link to a short essay that outlines the basic “techniques” for pseudo-archaeological analysis. While the essay notes the flawed thinking of Glenn Beck in regard to the Newark Earthworks, the essay ought to be a cautionary piece for all...
Ben Carson and the Pyramids
James Tabor has a short, interesting piece over on the Huffington Post about where Dr. Ben Carson’s idea that the pyramids were the storehouses Joseph built to hold grain. It’s worth a read, though I have some correctives to offer to both Drs. Tabor and...
Medieval Pyramid PaleoBabble Reborn
That’s the gist of this informative essay /by Jason Colavito: “Review of Scott Creighton’s “The Secret Chamber of Osiris” (2015). As usual, Jason has done his homework and exposes how Creighton (the author) adopts medieval fantasies about...
The Bosnian “Pyramids”, Ancient Astronaut Quackery, and TV Dishonesty
Jason Colavito as a lengthy summary of a recent “Unexplained Files” episode (apparently the Science Channel wants to a be the new Fantasy [er, History] Channel). The episode was on the so-called “Bosnian Pyramids.” They aren’t pyramids,...
Robert Morningstar and His “Egyptian-LIke Symbol” on the Moon
Have you ever been in a situation where you witness someone doing or saying something so embarrassingly stupid that you feel awkward? You may feel that sort of spasm after reading this short post by EXPAT, demonstrating the utter absurdity and falsehood of Robert...
The Alleged Alignment of the Giza Pyramids with the Constellation Orion
This past weekend I spent some time revisiting Stuart Robbins’ excellent Exposing PseudoAstronomy podcast. On of his May 2012 episodes was on the alleged “Orion Correlation” promoted in print and online by Robert Bauval. The basic idea is that the...
Those Pyramids on Mars
Like the face on Mars that wasn’t really a face, the so-called pyramids on Mars aren’t really artificially-made structures. I have friends who would insist they are, but I’ve never bought into the idea. Astronomer Stuart Robbins, the voice behind the...
Ziggurat on the Moon?
Nah. I had occasion to troll around on the PseudoAstronomy blog a couple days ago and found Episode 99: The Saga of the Lunar Ziggurat. Astronomer Stuart Robbins exposes the (pseudo)astronomical crapulence like only he can. Enjoy! (If that’s the right word).
BBC’s Head-in-the-Sand Report on “New” Pyramid Building Theory
Ah, the archeo-pundit media. To quote Time Bandits, one of my favorite college-years movies, “You are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence.” A BBC reporter published this clueless piece today: “Newport Man’s Theory Turns Pyramid...
Another Ancient Alien Fail: Moving 300 Ton Stones to Build China’s Forbidden City
The Live Science blog reported recently that Jiang Li, an engineer at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, has successfully translated an ancient Chinese document that reveals how stones in excess of 300 tons were moved over 70 miles without the wheel to...
Moving the Stones at Baalbek: No Aliens Needed
I can second Jason Colavito’s thoughts on Aaron Adair’s recent post on the very human technology used to move the trilithon stones at Baalbek (and other such stones at other locations). It’s a very good post and, for critical thinkers at least, lays...