The Face on Mars and its Appearance in “Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders” - Ep 116

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I’ve always found the Face on Mars to be one of the more fun and likable examples of pseudoarchaeology. What’s not fun and likable is sitting in your room in 1988 waiting for your Commodore 64 to upload an image of the Face on Mars in the video game “Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders.”

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

• Segment 3

Links

• Retronauts episode on Zak McKraken

• The Face on Mars

• Zac McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders - Wikipedia

Contact

• Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube)

• Blog: Kinkella Teaches Archaeology

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Piltdown Man and the Face on Mars - Episode 55

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Today we look at some new information about the Piltdown man, grouse about the media and how they handled it, and then take a long look at the infamous Face on Mars.

Links

• New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’

• New Piltdown hoax analysis points to work of 'lone forger'

• Researchers claim new evidence unmasks the culprit in the infamous ‘Piltdown Man’ hoax

• The Enterprise Mission - Richard Hoagland's official site, devoted to his theories about the Face on Mars, NASA conspiracies, and more.

• The City on the Edge of Forever

• Harlan Ellison Webderland

• Alternative 3

Additional Links

• Exposing PseudoAstronomy Podcast

  • The Face on Mars, Part 1

    • http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_059.php

  • The Face on Mars, Part 2

    • http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_060.php

Contacts

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

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Theme Music by ArcheopSoup Productions

Produced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle