In his closing arguments for Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock takes us to the channeled scabland of Washington State on the Northwest coast of North America. Here, he tells us, is clear evidence of a catastrophe so gigantic that it could have wiped out an entire advanced civilisation, leaving only a few survivors. As we know…
Oak Island Archaeology Update: Have they found FDR’s rubber boot?
Since the broadcast of Episode 15, Season 9 of The Curse of Oak Island (COOI), much has been made of the recovery of a rubber boot in the first “big can” core. The goal of putting down a core with a 10 foot diameter was of course to find evidence of the money pit, and…
Oak Island Archaeology Update: Is there a stone road?
The later part of Season 8 of Curse of Oak Island (COOI) focuses largely on the possibility that a stone road connects a wharf-like structure at the edge of The Swamp area and the Money Pit area. The COOI team, this time supported by archaeologists Aaron Taylor and environmental scientist Ian Spooner, are putting forward…
Oak Island archaeology update: What is the paved area, and how old is it?
In the season 7 finale of Curse of Oak Island, the team reveals that wood recovered by Ian Spooner just below the stone pavement in the swamp area gave a radiocarbon date in the 13th century. A number of hypotheses have formed around the paved area, both on the show and in fan communities. Some…
Oak Island archaeology update : Samuel Ball’s secret tunnel
On S07E22 (Marks X the Spot), following a tip from the ground penetrating radar survey of Samuel Ball’s property, the team uncover what they describe as a tunnel, which they speculate may have been related to the hiding of treasure near Ball’s house, or perhaps even to the Money Pit itself. Jack Begley of the…
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