This is the title of an old (1984) journal article I recently came across. The article is from American Antiquity 49:3 (1984): 525-541. Here is the abstract: An important aspect of archaeology is communicating the significance of data and research results to a fasci-...
pseudoscience
Pyramid Inches and Pyramidiots
In preparing for the ancient Egypt class I'll be teaching in a couple weeks, I came across this article on John Greaves, a mathematician who was obsessed with ancient metrology (measurements) and the pyramids. The article is about him and his pursuits. Editor's note:...
Fantasy Channel Special on Ancient Astronauts
Well, I guess some of you may have caught last night's Fantasy Channel (what I used to refer to as the History Channel) special promoting the ancient astronaut idea. I didn't watch it since there's nothing new here except better special effects and CGI to help shovel...
Biblical Giants and Dinosaur Bones
Aeneas asked a question in a comment to an earlier post about the faked giant human skeleton: I'd like you to comment on the dinosaur bones angle as well. It is certainly not an unreasonable theory for all the stories of giants in the past, including the Bible. I lean...
Those “UFO Reports” in Ancient Literature
[There was] a noteworthy post from the UFO Iconoclasts blog. In a nutshell, it questions (coherently) the notion that there are a plethora (any?) UFO sightings in ancient writers, as so often reported. My take on this is agreement. I have said many times that these...