Bimini Columns
Below is a post by Mr. Darby South concerning alleged stonecolumns found off North Bimini
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Paleoclimatic Reconstructions and Scandinavian and Scottish Ice Sheets
When the Sky Fell is remarkable for a book allegedly discussing the complicated history of
Fossil Forests of Axel Heiberg Island
In the below post, Mr. Palmstršm claimed that fossil forests found on Axel Heiberg Island
Champsosaurs of Axel Heiberg Island
Some people have claimed that Champsosaur remains and fossil forests found in the Canadian Arctic
Beech Trees of Antarctica
Fossils of Pliocene beech trees, Nothofagus beardmorensis, found in parts of Antarctica have been used to
Lemuria – Here We Go Again
This article about Lemuria was posted to alt.archaeology on May 8, 1996. I have edited
The Lost Civilization in Historical Perspective: Déjà vu all over again
Abstract: Examining Graham Hancock’s “Fingerprints of the Gods” Ken Feder finds that “There is nothing particularly original or new here, nothing ground-breaking. It is, in fact, diffusionism all over again, with the same long-ago discredited philosophical underpinnings.”
The Sphinx Controversy: Another Look at the Geological Evidence
From KMT Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1994, pp 70-4.Reproduced with permission. In the 1992
The Spanish Imposition
In any conquest of one people over another, we should always remember the old truism: history is written by the winners.
Astronomical Integrity at Giza
In 1999, Robert Bauval, coauthor of The Orion Mystery and The Message of the Sphinx,
The Gentle Art of Myth Management
In the introduction to the new edition of Fingerprints of the Gods (2001) Graham Hancock
Antarctic Farce
Some people praise Graham Hancock for his “scholarship.” They associate the inclusion in his books
The Sphinx Blinks
Sky & Telescope, March 2001.Copyright (c) 2001 by Sky Publishing Corp. Reproduced with permission. The
Pyramid Marketing Schemes
Rambling Through the Skies Sky & Telescope, February 1997.Copyright (c) 1997 by Sky Publishing Corp.
Definition of Peer-Reviewed Journals: A Rebuttal to the Lunatic Fringe
A common accusation levelled at academics is that “The Establishment” (false terminology) band together with
Astronomer Tony Fairall and Secret Chamber
In 1998 the South African astronomer, Professor Tony Fairall, launched a show at the Cape
An Analysis of the Quality of Graham Hancock’s Science
Leaving aside the fallacies already well-exposed by the other articles on this site, I would
Myth of the Open Mind
Graham Hancock frequently uses the argument that the academics and scholars that oppose his theories
Age of the Sphinx
Geoarchaeologist Alex Bordeau examines Colin Reader’s argument for an older Sphinx.
The Absence of Evidence
Independent scholar Derek Barnett examines the importance of the primacy of evidence.
Three Basic Principles of Archaeological Research
Archaeology requires evidence to function.
Analysis of Hancock’s Position Statement on C-14
“…Hancock will accept C-14 dates when they suit his case and challenge them (without substantiation, argument, evidence, or analysis) when they do not. “
Robbing Native American Cultures: Van Sertima’s Afrocentricity and the Olmecs
Abstract: In 1976, Ivan Van Sertima proposed that New World civilizations were strongly influenced by diffusion from Africa. The first and most important contact, he argued, was between Nubians and Olmecs in 700 B.C., and it was followed by other contacts from Mali in A.D. 1300. This theory has spread widely in the African-American community, both lay and scholarly, but it has never been evaluated at length by Mesoamericanists. This article shows the proposal to be devoid of any foundation. First, no genuine African artifact has ever been found in a controlled archaeological excavation in the New World. The presence of African-origin plants such as the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) or of African genes in New World cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) shows that there was contact between the Old World and the New, but this contact occurred too long ago to have involved any human agency and is irrelevant to Egyptian-Olmec contact. The colossal Olmec heads, which resemble a stereotypical “Negroid,” were carved hundreds of years before the arrival of the presumed models. Additionally, Nubians, who come from a desert environment and have long, high noses, do not resemble their supposed “portraits.” Claims for the diffusion of pyramid building and mummification are also fallacious.
An Answer to Graham Hancock
Is C-14 an accurate way of dating an archaeological site?