The Neolithic Ankh of Russia’s White Sea
A Neolithic White Sea petroglyph looks uncannily like an Egyptian ankh, and the archaeologist who published it in 1938 noticed the resemblance.
How Humans Evolved
Research Articles
From Time Immemorial: What the Ancients Said About the Deep Origins of the Greek Mysteries
Ancient sources called the Greek mysteries ancestral rites and traced them through divine, Cretan, Phoenician, and Egyptian antiquity.
An Egyptian King List: From the First Time to Cleopatra
An Egyptian king list from the divine dynasties through Menes to Cleopatra VII, with Manetho’s and Turin’s pre-Menic reign totals dated under stated assumptions.
How the Gods Came East: Nüwa, Pangu, and the Western Roots of Chinese Civilization
Nüwa, Eve, Pangu, and Purusha preserve a creation package that moved east through the same Eurasian roads as wheat, chariots, metals, and glass.
Do Not Look Back: Lot’s Wife, Jangjamot, and the Global Myth of the Fatal Glance
A global survey of do-not-look-back myths, from Jangjamot and Lot’s wife to Orpheus and Medusa, separating true parallels from false ones.
Where Did Dragons Come From? Fifteen Theories Put to the Test
Fifteen dragon-origin theories—from giant snakes and ritual dances to rainbows, fossils, and predator fear—tested against their sources.
Did Odysseus Discover America? The Source Dossier
Could Odysseus have reached America? A source dossier on Homer, Plutarch, Atlantic islands, Newfoundland, and Bay of Fundy.
The Dead Songs We Still Sing
Ritual language survives after meaning dies: bullroarers, hook-swinging, magic spells, and songs sung long after words go dark.
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I am once again asking you to consider the Sapient Paradox
Convergent Evolution for Self-Domestication
Man does not live by bread alone