Competing interpretations

The theory that a comet or asteroid impact triggered the Younger Dryas cold period, megafaunal extinction and the collapse of prehistoric cultures.

A theory that weathering patterns on the Great Sphinx suggest it is far older than conventionally dated.

The hypothesis that an advanced civilisation existed during the last Ice Age and was lost to catastrophic flooding at the end of the Younger Dryas.

The legend that a hidden chamber beneath the Giza plateau contains records of an ancient lost civilisation.

The study of how the pyramids and temples of Egypt encode astronomical knowledge.

How the abrupt Younger Dryas climate event affected human populations, migration and the transition to agriculture.

The search for evidence of a great flood vessel, centred on the Durupinar formation near Mount Ararat and geological interpretations of flood narratives.

Claims that ancient structures display evidence of advanced machining, precision and technology beyond known historical capability.

The enduring search for Plato's lost island civilisation, interpreted as allegory, memory of a real place, or myth.

The Babylonian creation epic, narrating the rise of Marduk and the ordering of the cosmos from the body of Tiamat.

Claims that anomalous artefacts and out-of-place finds have been suppressed or ignored by mainstream archaeology.

The central myth of ancient Egyptian religion — the death, dismemberment and resurrection of Osiris.

Claims that a race of giants existed in antiquity, based on myth, anomalous skeletons and megalithic construction.

The comparative study of deluge narratives spanning Mesopotamia, the Bible, Greek, Hindu and Mesoamerican traditions.