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...
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Ancient Astronaut Theory and Racism
I’ve blogged before about how the theory of ancient aliens being responsible for the monumental building of ancient Egypt and other contemporaneous civilizations is inherently racist. The idea is basically that the humans of Egypt and these other cultures were...
Ancient Aliens Logic Lesson: Dirt Isn’t “Civilization”
I’ve had some folks send me the link to this recent article: “Data From a Dead Satellite Reveals Lost Continents Under Antarctica.” This is followed by the breathless proclamation: “These gravity images are revolutionizing our ability to study...
Gobekli Tepe: Stop the Madness, Please
Boy, am I tired of hearing about Gobekli Tepe. Pardon the pun, but it’s become a monument to those who cannot distinguish speculation from data. The truth is that no one really knows what the site was for, who built, or why it was built. No one knows the meaning...
Jason Colavito on “The Emerald Tablets of Thoth”
The emerald tablets of the Egyptian god Thoth have an honored place in paleobabble about ancient Egypt. Purported to be secret wisdom from Egypt (i.e., the kind of think Graham Hancock substitutes for real historical records), they’re just occult (theosophy)...
Another “Stone Age Atlantis”
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...
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...
“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...