The Ulfberht swords

We do not know much about these swords. The first time we heard about them was when they were mentioned on that television show talking about the Dropa Stones and the tubes in China. What we do know is that even though experts claim that Europeans did not know how to make this type of

Archaeology’s Hoaxes

No one likes being fooled by a hoax or conned by a con man. However, it takes place on a daily basis and archaeology is not immune to being fooled. Following is a list of hoaxes that have plagued the archaeological world. Some of the ones included here may be more anthropological than archaeological. We

More Archaeological News

Whether we agree with the conclusions or theories or not, does not matter. It is important to get the discoveries out there. #1. 3500-year-old mysterious hieroglyphs discovered in Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa deciphered Some of the Anatolian hieroglyphs discovered last year in the Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa, the former capital of the Hittite Empire, were

A Re-Ocurring Theme

That is the title of Dr. Chittick’s chapter 17 in his book The Puzzle of Ancient Man. This will be the last bit of content we will use from his book as the rest of the pages go into other content and appendixes. We will take two quotes from the first two pages of this

Archaeological Discoveries You Should Know About

Taking a break today from Dr. Chittick’s book, we are posting some discoveries that may be important to some portion of the archaeological world. Not everyone works in or is interested in biblical archaeology. Thus these discoveries may help them as well. We do not expect to comment under each quoted portion of the article

The Cave Man

In this article, we will go with Dr. Chittick’s quote and then present out views first. After that, we will provide the alternative ideas that the unbelieving world says took place. However, the confounding of the language caused a rapid scatteringout from the Middle East to new and unsettled areas. Finding themselves thus in a

The Minoans

One of the things we really do not like is for any author to mix up historical facts. In the little segment in Dr. Chittick’s book, the author mixes up quite a few historical facts and presents a picture of the Minoans that we had not read about in our years of studying the ancient

Archaeology Content You Should Know About

These articles cover a wide range of information and topics. #1.Footprints found at ancient lake in New Mexico challenge old belief of first humans in Americas The oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas are likely fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico, challenging once-conventional wisdom regarding humans migrating to the New World

The Egyptian Pyramids

Not only have we written on this topic before, but there are a myriad of researchers and students who picked this topic to write about. The world must be getting tired of reading about the Egyptian Pyramids. We are doing it because of our series of looking at different topics mentioned in Dr. Chittick’s book,

One of Our Pet Peeves

In some ways, we are like everyone else. We have feelings, likes, dislikes, and even pet peeves. There are times when people do what they think is a constructive post on a field of research they know nothing about. Don’t worry, we get the same attitude from professional archaeologists even though we have studied and