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 every time some evidence like this is...
archaeology
Giant Sarcophagus Leads to Discovery of Previously Unknown (and Normal-Sized) Pharaoh
News of this discovery (also here) has been circulating around the web today. An archaeological team from the University of Pennsylvania (on of my alma matres) has uncovered a Second Intermediate Period necropolis at Abydos, Egypt. The discovery includes the remains...
Alien Dentists
Who will be the first ancient alien drone to claim that this report of a dental filling from 6,500 years ago speaks of alien influence? I wonder. Maybe the History Channel can start a new spin-off series. Giorgio! Giorgio! Wherefore art thou, Giorgio? More to the...
$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.
Lead Codices to Be Tested
Todd Bolen reports today that the lead codices already widely considered to be fraudulent will be undergoing testing by antiquities authorities. For those of you just getting up to speed on this, here's a link to an overview of the reasons they are considered fakes. I...
“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 direction of "ghost...
“Solomonic” Wall Discovered in Jerusalem
You may have already heard about archaeologist Eilat Mazar's work in Jerusalem. She has found some massive walls and structures that appear to date securely to the 10th century BC -- Solomon's era. You can read a summary of the story here, and take a look at her...
Micromorphologic Examination of the ‘Gabriel Revelation’ Stone
An update from April DeConick on the Gabriel Inscription. Editor's note: content of the link has been reproduced below:From The Forbidden Gospels: Article Note: "Micromorphologic Examination of the 'Gabriel Revelation' Stone (Yuval Goren), originally published January...
Did Jesus Exist?
This impending article from BAR popped into my reader this morning: Lawrence Mykytiuk, "Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible," Biblical Archaeology Review (January/February 2015) It's an excellent survey of the ancient non-biblical material that...
Geographical Place Names in Ancient History: An Online Thesaurus
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is now available for free download. This resource of over 2 million place names includes ancient and modern names. It's an invaluable resource for connecting place names throughout the ancient world to other disciplines....
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 Archaeology...
Animation Video of Recent Djedi Robot and the Pyramid Shafts
News of the recent discovery of marks in one of the shafts has been circulating like wildfire on the web ("Graffiti behind Gantenbrink's Door"). Honestly, it's not that big of a deal. Very likely mason's marks. It will be a big deal if they somehow give architects...
Jesus Tomb Website: 17 Errors
Not sure how how missed this 2007 post on Mark Goodacre's blog, but a recent post of his drew my attention to it. With more Jacobovici nonsense having recently arrived for Easter, I thought this was still worth letting you all know about.
Google Earth and Biblical Studies
A pretty sweet combination for biblical geography and archaeology. Check it out.
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:...