Category: Essay

• Arier, Aliens und Atlantis: Archäologie zwischen Popkultur und Ideologie

  27. Jul 2025

  Ancient Aliens, Archäologie, historische aneignung, Kolonisalismus, kulturelle aneignung, neue rechte, Verschwörungsmythen, Verschwörungstheorien, Wissenschaftskommunikation, WissKomm

• From jungle to cinema: On the 100th anniversary of Percy H. Fawcett’s disappearance (and the creation of a modern myth)

  29. May 2025

  adventure, archaeology, colonialism, esotericism, Expedition, Explorer, Fawcett, Lost Cities, popular culture, South America, Theosophy

• Vom Dschungel ins Kino: Zum 100. Jahrestag von Percy H. Fawcetts Verschwinden (und der Geburt eines modernen Mythos)

  29. May 2025

  Abenteuer, Archäologie, Esoterik, Expedition, Explorer, Fawcett, Kolonialismus, Lost Cities, Popkultur, Südamerika, Theosophie

• The surprisingly rare archaeological evidence for ancient Roman crucifixion

  18. Apr 2025

  archaeology, burials, Christ, crucified, crucifixion, Easter, religion, roman

• From Akakor to Akator: Tatunca Nara and the real story behind “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”

  20. Feb 2025

  Ancient Aliens, archaeology, Indiana Jones, movies

• “Don’t dig here!” – The challenge of hiding and marking our nuclear waste, long-term

  28. Aug 2024

  archaeology, communication, future, iconography, trash

• Weapons of choice: A Pre-Pottery Neolithic hunting scene (?) from Sayburç, SE Turkey (and some thoughts on prehistoric hunting equipment)

  14. Dec 2022

  archaeology, hunting, iconography, Neolithic, Turkey, weapons

• What Dreams May Come: Confronting Death, From Disposal to Ritual

  11. Dec 2019

  anthropology, archaeology, burial, death, ritual, thanatology