Crystal Skulls and Herkimer Vodka - Episode 20

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Today we look at the 13 Crystal Skulls and their validity as actual artifacts. Where did they come from, how were they made, what is their history, and what do they have to do with vodka?

Links

• Article: Jane MacLaren Walsh 2008 “Legend of the Crystal Skulls”. Archaeological Institute of America archive. Volume 61 Number 3, May/June 2008.

  • http://archive.archaeology.org/0805/etc/indy.html. Retrieved February 1, 2013

• Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka

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The Real and the Fake, Baghdad Batteries and the Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 19

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Today we talk about two famous artifacts, the Baghdad Battery and the Antikythera Mechanism, one real, one fake. Which is which might surprise you. Also included, patented Sara and Ken rants and much more!

Links

• The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

• Blog Posts on the Baghdad Batter and the Antikythera Mechanism

  • Baghdad Battery

  • Antikythera Mechanism

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Old World Writing in the New World - Episode 18

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Today we look at several different examples of old world scripts being found in North America. We examine the authenticity of these scripts and talk about what else we'd like to see if these writings were real.

Places Ken thinks you should visit!

• Three Rivers Petroglyph Site

• El Morro

Things to read and listen too:

• The Newark Holy Stones - Archaeological Fantasies Ep. 7

• Books by Alice Beck Kehoe

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Atlantis - Episode 17

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In todays show we start looking at Atlantis. We talk about the origins of the story, what facts there are out there, how it became a popular myth, and we throw in a couple rant for good measure. 

Links

• Critias by Plato

• Timaeus by Plato

• Ignatius L. Donnelly

• Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. by Ignatius L. Donnelly

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Afrocentrism and the New World - Episode 16

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Today we're talking about Afrocentrism. What is it? Does it hurt or help ancient African cultures? And how does it affect archaeology in the new world?

More about other ancient African cultures you may never have heard of:

• Great Zimbabwe:

  • http://www.greatzimbabweruins.com/

  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364

• The Kingdom of Kush:

  • http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htm

• Nubia

  • http://www.kerma.ch/index.php?lang=en

  • https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z_ZvHRpKT6Hw.k7AIqBspa9ew&hl=en

• The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia

  • https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientnubia

• Feder, K. 1998-99 Archaeology and Afrocentrism: An Attempt to set the record straight. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 29(3):199-210

Things to Read and Watch:

• Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James, Ph.D

  • http://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdf

• The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en

• Africans are fighting media poverty-porn by tweeting beautiful images of their real lives

  • http://www.theplaidzebra.com/africans-are-fighting-media-poverty-porn-by-tweeting-beautiful-images-of-their-real-lives/

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