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Los Lunas Lunacy
At times I am asked about the evidence for ancient (Jewish) visitation to the Americas. Part of what prompts the question is inscriptional "evidence" like the Los Lunas stone. (Other parts are British Israelite and Mormon apologetic leanings). While I'm not one who...
History, Archaeology, and Faith
The Bible Places Blog (BPB) draws our attention to a new book edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary entitled, Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?: A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture. It looks like a quality resource....
Simcha Jacobovici Sues Archaeologist Joe Zias
You can read the story here. In a nutshell, Jacobovici is torqued that Zias' criticisms of the former's archaeological claims as erroneous and goofy have cost him money. Since Zias (unlike me) is a professional archaeologist, his criticisms about Jacobovici's...
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 to Point B...
Doodling and Chicken Scratch of the Gods
It's been a while since I posted anything about the Nazca lines. Fortunately, some thoughtful material has appeared this year online that I thought worth sharing (translation: the analyses at the links below didn't come from the History Channel's Ancient Aliens...
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...
Unknown Pyramid Complexes Discovered Using Google Earth
Pretty neat; check this link (with pictures). The interesting thing is that they seem to have the same diagonal arrangement as the pyramids of Giza. I can hardly wait to see what Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval come up with as to how that would fit in the Orion...
Another Reason Why Biblical Studies and Archaeology Should Not Be Done Via the Mainstream Popular Media
Ah, the paleobabbling media now gives us proof that it is also clueless with respect to intellectual discourse. Mark Goodacre reports that Nicole Austin, the Associate Producer on The Resurrection Tomb Mystery documentary (The Jesus Discovery in Canada) has accused...
Responses to the James Ossuary Forgery Trial Verdict
A "not guilty" verdict in the seven-year trial of antiquities dealer Oded Golan was announced today. The trial was significant in that it involved the James ossuary (and so, naturally, its inscription, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus"). As I blogged a short...
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. This...
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...
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...
$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...