February
16
/ 2018
Archaeologists, anthropologists and geologists in the field sometimes discover objects in seemingly impossible contexts, which don’t immediately fit their models of evolution or history as we know it. The term used to describe these anomalies is ‘OOPArt’ (out-of-place artifacts) and they challenge conventional history by hinting vanished civilizations had technology more advanced than that of modern times or that mankind is much older than what we have calculated it to be. The term OOPArt is most often used by cryptozoologists, ancient astronaut theorists, young and old Earth creationists and those interested in the paranormal. Historian Ashley Cowie embarks on some skullduggery exposé. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"45970","attributes":{"alt":"The Face on Mars was one of the most striking and remarkable images taken during the Viking missions
