Biggest Archaeology Hoaxes of 2025-26
Get ready as I go over the top 5 hoaxes, frauds, and fakes of the past year!
If you enjoy evidence-based ancient history, myth-busting, and clear explanations of new discoveries, you’re in the right place.
Wonder why I say BCE and CE?
See here: https://youtu.be/s6Lv3KpphVg
CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 The Zeugma Mosaics
02:30 The Leather Palestinian Manuscript
04:20 The Nazca Tridactyls
12:38 The Nazca Alien Artifacts
14:27 The Buga Sphere
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Zeugma Mosaics
https://mvau.lt/media/a6e7b2b8-5f48-42e4-bddb-b8dde1124890
https://mvau.lt/media/174f505f-68bf-42a4-a5bc-6a959c3bb8ea
https://mvau.lt/media/a2e45641-b07b-48fa-be16-1abd92895f87
https://perma.cc/3VBF-FXVB
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36T44J4
Leather Manuscript
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/radiocarbon-dating-as-a-tool-for-identifying-forged-historical-documents-in-palestine-an-iron-age-leather-manuscript-as-a-case-study/87AC94D313B9DF36741EA8B9A31C6ABE?utm_source=chatgpt.com#figures
Nazca Mummies
https://web.archive.org/web/20230916130557/https://www.vox.com/culture/23875671/aliens-mexican-congress-real-or-hoax-peru-nazca-mummies-jaime-maussan-fraud-scam
https://antropogenez.ru/review/1119/
https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/dna-evidence-for-alien-nazca-mummies-lacking (DNA evidence from the anti-aliens side)
https://www.the-alien-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/INFORMEFINALMetalesymineralesdesconocidosenmomiasprehispanicas.pdf
Alien Artifacts
https://www.the-alien-project.com/en/cut-stones/
Buga Sphere
https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/10/13/este-seria-el-verdadero-origen-de-la-esfera-hallada-en-buga-valle-que-ciudadanos-confundieron-con-un-ovni/
https://www.larazon.es/actualidad/esfera-buga-sorprendente-datacion-radiocarbono-que-desconcierta-cientificos-escepticos_2025092768d761853ce0ad1de87e6645.html
https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/05/26/investigadores-intentar-dar-una-explicacion-a-la-esfera-metalica-que-descendio-del-cielo-en-buga-analisis-revelarian-si-es-extraterrestre/
https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-discovered-colombia-scientist-weighs-2076884
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/buga-metallic-sphere-claimed-to-be-of-alien-origin-is-responding-to-sanskrit-chants-as-per-viral-video/articleshow/123087619.cms