Ancient Explorers Mysterious Ruins Secret History Ancient Aliens Miscellaneous Pseudohistory
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What is L’Anse aux Meadows
This archaeological site located in Newfoundland provides archaeological and literary evidence of the existence of a genuine Norse settlement in the New World
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What is Dighton Rock
A boulder with mysterious inscriptions, which is one of the most enigmatic relics of American antiquity
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What is the Legend of Oak Island
A popular legend depicting an ancient buried treasure located off the shores of Nova Scotia
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What is flying saucer
The term introduced in 1947 after pilot Kenneth Arnold witnessed several strange, brightly-lit objects in the skies above America, leading to the modern UFO craze
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What are arrowheads
The Solutrean hypothesis and the Clovis-first hypothesis are based on the distinct construction of what stone tools
200
Who is Saint Brendan
The Irish patron saint who is portrayed as a Christian missionary and extensive traveller, who is credited with voyages across the Atlantic to the New World
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What is the Pristine Myth
The widely pervasive myth from 1492 that claims America was a sparsely populated wilderness with barely perceptible human disturbance
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What are flooding tunnels
The booby-traps on Oak Island that prevent treasure hunters from solving the mystery of the island
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What is 'Skyman'
An Indigenous legend which is claimed to be one of the first recorded extraterrestrial astronaut encounters
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What is an amateur historian
William D. Rubenstein defines this individual as someone who researches or writes about history without placing the events in a wider context and who is not trained or employed as a university academic, therefore lacking sophistication
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Who is Madoc
A Welsh prince who was credited in the 16th century for making the first voyage to America, three centuries prior to Columbus
300
What is the Vanished Race of the Moundbuilders
The claim of a once-powerful race that was exterminated by Indigenous people
300
What is multiculturalism
Darryl Leroux claims that the majority of Québécois believe what policy is used by the government of Canada to detach race and ethnicity from language and culture
300
What is "Chariots of the Gods"
Erich von Däniken’s first and most popular book that introduced the claim that ancient Earth, its early inhabitants and the development of humanity were heavily influenced by extraterrestrial aliens
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What is the Newport Tower
A proposed ancient Norse construction which was later proved to be the remains of a windmill built during colonial times
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Who are the Chinese
In his text The Island of Seven Cities, Paul Chiasson asserts the claim that this group of voyagers settled on the shores of Nova Scotia almost a century before the voyages of Columbus
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Who are the Indigenous peoples
According to Douglas Hunter who was responsible for creating the petroglyphs found on Dighton Rock
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What are DNA Ancestry Tests
This popular problematic practice which is used to perpetuate settler colonialism and reinforce white privilege by attempting to find one’s origins in a variety of marginalized communities
400
Who are the Jewish
The group of people who Patrick Chouinard believes is behind the Ancient Alien theory that is ‘selling his ancestors short’ by denying the accomplishments of the Indo-European and Aryan race
400
What is the Kensington Rune Stone
A large stone slab with ostensible Norse writing or runes which lacks the archaeological evidence to support the claim of ancient Norse origin
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What is White Tribism
The phenomenon Douglas Hunter refers to in his research that claims that White people have been in the New World long before Columbus’ discovery, therefore denying the North American Indigenous peoples’ rightful claim to their ‘stolen land’
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What is Cahokia
An ancient settlement which is home to the largest and most impressive mound-builder site in North America
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Who is Daniel McGinnis in 1795
According to popular stories, this individual made the original discovery of the ‘Money Pit’ on Oak Island in what year
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Who is Carl Sagan
The author of a notable article from 1963 which suggested that there was a reasonable likelihood that at some time during the evolution of the human species extraterrestrial beings had explored our planet
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Who is Jason Colavito
An author recognized internationally for his pioneering research and texts exploring the connections between pseudoscience and science as well as his debunking of alternative archaeology






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