Archaeology - Research Articles

Why the celebrated ‘python’ carving in Botswana’s Tsodilo Hills is almost certainly a geological quirk mis-sold as the world’s first ritual.

Exploring how European colonizers folded the Americas into Biblical and mystical lore, from Lost Tribes theories to Atlantis legends and the role of secret societies in New World exploration.

Tracing the evolution of theories about Olmec civilization origins, from 19th-century diffusionist ideas to modern archaeological evidence for indigenous development.

Comprehensive review of evidence for pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories.

Overview of China’s earthen pyramid mausoleums from Neolithic to Western Xia, comparing their origins, symbolism, and differences from Egyptian pyramids.

How a naked-eye star cluster and a whirring plank became entangled in creation lore, initiation rites, and weather magic from Arnhem Land to Arizona.

A long-form comparative study of dismemberment-cosmogonies, snake-ash anthropogenies, esoteric water-mirrors, and the solar Herakles of the Orphic hymns.

Across the Americas, Indigenous traditions recall ant-folk, giants, and shadow-people who occupied the land before humans arrived.

Weighing archaeological, genetic, and historical evidence for whether chickens reached the Americas before Columbus.

Continent-by-continent survey of archaeological, textual, and biochemical evidence for ancient entheogenic practices.