The So-Called Ice Age

We are continuing in our series of articles taking quotes from Dr. Chittick’s book The Puzzle of Ancient Man. The post-Floodwarm period came to a sudden close with the start of the ice age. Many of those living at higher altitudes  likely persished along with  the ice age mammals, but some may have survived in

In Archaeological News

#1. Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip have found dozens of ancient graves, including two sarcophagi made of lead, in a Roman-era cemetery — a site dating back some 2,000 years that archaeologists describe as the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza.

The Olmecs

Moving on in Dr. Chittick’s book, we come to an interesting quote he used to end the chapter called Post-Flood Pioneers. The quote comes from Gunner Thompson’s book, American Discovery: Our Multi-Cultural Heritage, pg. 93. According to Wesst African tradition, a paramount Chief from Ghana sailed across the Atlantic in the 9th century BC…Olmec artisans

The Early-Post-Flood Years

One of the reasons why we did not like Dr. Chgittick’s book is that he makes some extraordinary statements that he never seemed to support. Yes, he put in quotes from many of the same authors we have read but his application and timing seem to be off. Following the quote we used the other

A Couple of Discoveries+

The news is always filled with archaeological discoveries. if not the regular search engines’ news feed then the myriad of archaeology websites have them. Here are 2 more from Yahoo: #1. This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone

Were They World Explorers

We are continuing our series by looking at different comments made in the book The Puzzle of Ancient Man by Donald Chittick. When we first read it, we were not impressed. It is not a very well-written book even with the good resources that the author used in his research But there are gems inside

The Weather Before the Flood

This topic is generated because of the following quote: Thus, I can envision a scnario somewhat as follows. As Noah was building the ark, a scoffer probably asked him why he was building the ark.Noah may have replied, “Because it is going to rain.” They did not know what rain was, so they then probably

What Was On Noah’s Ark

We will be taking some quotes from the book The Puzzle of Ancient Man by Donald E. Chittock as they are more thought-provoking and bring up some interesting topics to consider. We will only be doing 1 quote per article to give more time to the subject matter they contain. But first, a link to

Discovery of children’s rings

This title is part of the overall title of an article that while good puts archaeologists into our pet peeve category. The article in question is- Discovery of children’s rings shows Roman baths weren’t the preserve of wealthy men A Roman military bathhouse adjacent to the most important fort on Hadrian’s Wall was used by

Why Archaeology Is Not An Authority

We have written on this topic in different ways but today we want to bring a more modern example of what plagues archaeology. This weakness in this research field disqualifies archaeology and archaeologists from being authorities on the events of the past. We have been reading Stephen Ambrose’s book Undaunted Courage. it is a work