The Echo Archive

Independent Book Review

When Someone Else Enters the World of Echo of Atlantis

For years, Echo of Atlantis: The Ūmdëdŭ Codex existed mostly in my head, then on...
Avenue of the Dead at Teotihuacan

The Walls of Teotihuacan May Finally Be Speaking

From the Archaeology Desk: Stand in the Avenue of the Dead at Teotihuacan long enough,...
Cutimbo Peru

Cutimbo, Peru: How Much of the “Inca” Stonework Tradition Actually Predates the Inca?

From the Archaeology Desk: Cutimbo, Peru: How Much of the "Inca" Stonework Tradition Actually Predates...
Ancient Nineveh Returns

A Voice from Ancient Nineveh Returns

From the Archaeology Desk Sometimes archaeology doesn't uncover a lost city. Sometimes it uncovers the...
Wheels Within Wheels

Wheels Within Wheels: Vimanas, Merkabah Mysticism, and the Ancient Texts That Keep Returning to the Idea of Flight

Real scripture, real mysticism, and one remarkable historical rabbit hole behind a classroom research scene...
The Faces That Never Blink

The Faces That Never Blink

Pech Merle, the Wandjina, and the Medieval Manuscript Everyone Gets Wrong Real cave art, Indigenous...
Wonder Rises from the Sea

Another Wonder Rises from the Sea

From the Archaeology Desk Off the coast of Alexandria, divers have lifted twenty-two stone blocks...
20 July Blog

The Nazca Lines, and the Ancient Transportation Problem Nobody Has Solved

From the Archaeology Desk Some archaeological mysteries aren't about what was built. They're about how...
Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu and the Precision That Still Captivates Us

From the Archaeology Desk Some places are mysterious because we don't know what they were....
Stonehenge on Summer Solstice

Stonehenge and the Questions That Refuse to Go Away

From the Archaeology Desk Some monuments are remarkable because they survived. Stonehenge is remarkable because,...