OLD WORLD
2,000 Year Old Slab Shows a Roman Emperor as Pharaoh
A forensic look at a Karnak stela showing Tiberius as an Egyptian pharaoh before the Theban triad.
Arc
Old World
Eurasia and Africa: early monuments, artifacts, and ancient transitions.
Latest Case Files
Recent write-ups in this arc.
OLD WORLD
The 14,500 Year Old Site — Now Dated to 8,200 Years
A forensic look at a new geological analysis that challenges the 14,500-year-old dating of Monte Verde, a foundational site in the Americas timeline.
OLD WORLD
The 3,700-Year-Old Stone Built Over Water
A forensic look at the Farley Moor standing stone in Derbyshire, revealing how a solitary waymarker turned out to be a massive Bronze Age ceremonial complex engineered over a subterranean spring.
OLD WORLD
The 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tool That Should Have Rotted
A forensic look at the 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Marathousa 1 in southern Greece, examining how they survived decay and what they tell us about the 'Stone Age.'
OLD WORLD
325 BC — A Greek in the Arctic?
A forensic look at the voyage of Pytheas, a Greek navigator who reached the Arctic in 325 BC, and why ancient historians thought he was lying.
OLD WORLD
The 480,000-Year-Old Bone Hammer
A forensic look at an 11 cm proboscidean bone fragment from Boxgrove, England, showing embedded flint and impact damage that prove it was used as a knapping tool 480,000 years ago.