Debunking Pseudoscientific Claims About the Serpent Mound

Is the Pseudo-Archaeological Belief That Aliens, Nephilim, Or Descendants of Atlantis Were Responsible for Pyramids, Mounds, Megalithic Architecture, Etc. Racist?

by drmsheiser | Jun 23, 2019 | Megaliths

Short Answer: Yes (at least for some, like Erich von Daniken). Slightly Longer Answer: 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...

Why the Moundbuilder Myth is Wrong

by drmsheiser | Jan 2, 2019 | Megaliths

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

by drmsheiser | Sep 27, 2017 | Megaliths

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

by drmsheiser | May 25, 2017 | Megaliths

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

by drmsheiser | Dec 12, 2016 | Megaliths

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

by drmsheiser | Nov 11, 2015 | Megaliths

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...

PseudoScience and the Ohio Serpent Mound