When in Doubt, Make It Religious

We have written on this topic before or have mentioned it in different articles. But it is an important one to talk about. What makes us write about it today is that the book we have been using for topics to write about made a confession in its last few pages. Religion is the last

The Assumptions You Start With

Will determine the conclusions you come to. These words including the title are a mild paraphrase from the book Dismantling the Big Bang and are found on pg. 16 of that work. Those words are true and apply to both archaeology and anthropology. We find many examples of the application of those words in the

Archaeology & Forgeries

We have written on this topic before but it is worth talking about some more. It is a serious problem in this research field as an unmeasurable amount of information disappears into private collections. You can read our previous articles here & here. You can also read our short article on looting by clicking that

Ancient Tunnels May Not Have Been Cities

The current Hamas-Israel conflict has brought light to the tunnel strategy used by many nations throughout history. What has been revealed is that this strategy is not a recent invention. Not only has Hamas built tunnels but the North Koreans have implemented this strategy for decades. They built 4 to invade the South and we

More Archaeology in the News

While the links may take you to Yahoo, the stories all come from different sources. Yahoo is just making it convenient to find these articles of discovery. #1. Scottish boy digging for potatoes found ‘masterpiece of Egyptian sculpture’ on his school grounds. How did it end up there? Seventy-one years ago, a schoolboy in Scotland

The Practical Archaeologist

In this book review, we will talk about the work in the title which was written by Jane McIntosh. it was first published by The Paul Press Ltd. in 1986. We do not know how many editions it has gone through since that time as ours is close to a first edition. It doesn’t say

America Has Them

Just because America is a modern country with all the bells and whistles of technology, does it mean that it is not like other countries of the world. If you read our mysterious series you would know that those other countries have plenty of mysterious sites. Most people may know of the Native American mounds

Archaeology in the News

The schedule here got messed up so we will simply post some discoveries and other news happening in archaeology around the world. #1. Melting ice reveals dozens of 7,000-year-old artifacts in Canada. Take a look Archaeologists surveyed melting ice patches in Canada and uncovered dozens of ancient artifacts spanning 7,000 years. Photos show the “unique”

Our Problem With the Dating Systems

Of course, we are referring to the many dating systems employed by archaeologists, anthropologists, and other scientists. We have never been a great fan of these systems as there was something always wrong with them. The book we are using at this time, The Practical Archaeologist was published in 1986 and we have studied these

North American Mounds- The Assumptions

These curious mounds have sparked a lot of conversations over the years. These conversations started long before Thomas Jefferson excavated one near his home. He went on to write: I know of no such thing existingas an Indian monument…Unless indeed it can be the barrowsof which many are to be found all over the country