Afrocentrist Linguistics
This is an updated version of an article originally published in The Skeptic (Australia), Vol. 19:2, 1999,
Year: 2003
The Stoned Age?
Did the discovery, in Egyptian mummies, of the chemicals found in cocaine and tobacco prove an ancient contact with the Americas?
The Tomb of Sabu and the Tri-lobed Ornamental Bowl
IntroductionThe Mastaba of Sabu (Tomb 3111, c. 3100-3000 BC) was excavated by Walter B. Emery
Stolen Legacy (or Mythical History?) Did the Greeks Steal Philosophy from the Egyptians?
The message of the book is sensational and revolutionary: “The Greeks were not the authors of Greek philosophy, but the Black people of North Africa, the Egyptians”
Fingerprints of the Gods: A Review
Graham Hancock maintains that the world’s ancient civilizations inherited their culture and knowledge from a now forgotten “hypothetical third party”, rather than developed independently. As he puts it, “our species could have been afflicted with some terrible amnesia and … the dark period so blithely and dismissively referred to as ‘prehistory might turn out to conceal unimagined truths about our own past”
Goodbye Columbus? The Pseudohistory of Who Discovered America
Egyptians, Phoenicians, Africans, Trojans, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Irish, Welsh, Germans, Poles, and various groups of Jews such as the wandering Hebrews, one or more of the Ten Lost Tribes, and refugees from the Bar Kokhba revolt have all been proposed as having crossed the Atlantic before 1492.
The return of Ancient Astronauts; Zecharia Sitchin Rekindles an Old Pseudoscience
This essay is not intended to be an exhaustive critique of everyone who has ever proposed the existence of ancient astronauts. It evaluates instead one author who seems to inspire a continued following even though von Däniken has faded.
Comments on Pitfalls in Multicultural Science Education
All there many “ways of knowing”? Are magic and religon superior to science?
Invisible Visitors: Explaining Archaeological Skepticism
One common thread in the tapestry of “alternative” archaeology concerns the possibility of contact between
The New Atlantis and the Dangers of Pseudohistory
Investigation into the background of their “new” thoughts reveals that not a single element is original. In reality, they are a mosaic of retooled flotsam and jetsam from various speculative movements that have been with us since the 16th century.
Longing for Leo Or: Spin the Tale on the Zodiac
An important aspect of the so-called “Orion Correlation” is that the Great Sphinx at Giza
