Pseudoarchaeology

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 156. Chapters: Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay, Alfred Rosenberg, Thule Society, Out-of-place artifact, Zecharia Sitchin, Erich von Däniken, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Crystal skull, Creation Museum, Kensington Runestone, Ahnenerbe, Ancient astronauts, Bimini Road, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Olmec alternative origin speculations, Ior Bock, 366 geometry, Newport Tower, Devaneya Pavanar, David Fasold, Mahogany Ship, Nazi archaeology, Bat Creek inscription, Searches for Noah's Ark, Bosnian pyramids, Bob Cornuke, Durupinar site, Xenoarchaeology, Orion Correlation Theory, Historiography and nationalism, Graham Hancock, Lemuria, Newark Holy Stones, Creationist museum, America's Stonehenge, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Robert Ripley, Ivan T. Sanderson, Klerksdorp sphere, Where Troy Once Stood, Baghdad Battery, Pyramidology, David Talbott, Acámbaro figures, Otto Rahn, Holly Oak gorget, San Pedro Mountains Mummy, Robert Sarmast, Baigong Pipes, Barry Fell, Chariots of the Gods?, Christian O'Brien, Ron Wyatt, Joseph P. Farrell, Tucson artifacts, Ica stones, Jakten på Odin, Phantom time hypothesis, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, Fingerprints of the Gods, Saqqara Bird, Charles Dawson, Starchild skull, AVM Runestone, Götaland theory, Robert Bauval, Lo!, David Hatcher Childress, Davenport Tablets, Dorchester Pot, Heavener Runestone, Uriel's Machine, Vitrified fort, Robert M. Schoch, Michigan relics, Dendera light, Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, Christopher Dunn, Gympie Pyramid, Pedra da Gávea, The Mysterious Origins of Man, Coso artifact, Lenape Stone, Aku-Aku, Jungfrau Park, Turkey Mountain inscriptions, Cueva de los Tayos, Lake Winnipesaukee mystery stone, From Atlantis to the Sphinx, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Poteau Runestone, Moab Man, Llygadwy, Viking Altar Rock, Dodman, Legends of Mount Shasta, New England Antiquities Research Association, Christopher Knight, Peter Kolosimo, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Spartel, The Sign and the Seal, Kingoodie artifact, The Message of the Sphinx, Hugh Harleston Jr., Pokotia Monolith, Matest M. Agrest, Shawnee Runestone, New Lands, Bourne stone. Excerpt: The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a documentary co-produced and first broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Vision TV in Canada on March 4, 2007, covering the discovery of the Talpiot Tomb. It was directed by Canadian documentary and film maker Simcha Jacobovici and produced by Felix Golubev and Ric Esther Bienstock, while James Cameron served as executive producer. The film was released in conjunction with a book about the same subject, The Jesus Family Tomb, issued in late February 2007 and co-authored by Jacobovici and Charles R. Pellegrino. The documentary and book's claims are the subject of controversy within the archaeological and theological fields, as well as among linguistic and biblical scholars. The film describes the finding of the Talpiot Tomb during a housing construction project, and posits that it was the family tomb of Jesus. The film states that ten ossuaries were found in the cave, of which six are the subject of the film. Further, it claims that one of the ten ossuaries went missing years ago, presumably stolen. The excavation report for the predecessor of the Israel Antiquities Authority was written by Amos Kloner, now professor of archaeology at Israel's Bar-Ilan University. Kloner dissociated himself from the claims made in the documentary. He said it was incorrect to call it "neve...