Two of the new arrivals on Season 10 of Curse of Oak Island (COOI) are the stone well down by the shoreline that the team claims is 900 years old, and what the team are calling The Blob, an area near the garden shaft that is supposed to be the source of the gold and…
Curse of Oak Island archaeology update: Did they find an ancient rectangular copper trade token?
Episodes 2 and 3 of The Curse of Oak Island (COOI) devote some time to the finding and analysis of a rectangular piece of copper. Having dabbled over the years in the early history and archaeology of metallurgy, this one was immediately intriguing to me. The COOI team initially hoped it was some kind of…
Ancient Apocalypse archaeology update 6: Is Poverty Point astronomically aligned?
In Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock presents evidence of astronomical alignments for many archaeological sites, including the temples of Malta, various pyramid complexes, and for North American mound sites. Perhaps his most detailed discussion of astronomical alignment is about Poverty Point, a site in modern-day Louisiana that contains many large earthen mounds and a semi circle…
Ancient Apocalypse archaeology update 3: Were there Neanderthals in Malta?
In Episode 3 of Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock gives us a good opportunity to better understand how science and archaeology really work. Hancock repeatedly claims that mainstream archaeology refuses to acknowledge the fact that there were Neanderthals on Malta at some point during the last ice age. After all, there are two teeth found in…
Buckle up, Graham Hancock has a new pseudoarchaeology series on Netflix
November will see the release of Ancient Apocalypse, another in a long line of high visibility, mainstream media productions that can only be classified as pseudoarchaeology. This time, Graham Hancock, of America Before an Fingerprints of the Gods fame, is in the driver’s seat. The title is reminiscent of the Ancient Aliens, another popular pseudoarchaeology…
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