Dec 172011
Imagine my astonishment to stumble across a TV series that covers topics like the Nazca Lines, UFOs, crystal skulls, the Bermuda Triangle and such in a truly skeptical fashion. The National Geographic Channel is showing “The Truth Behind,” which I’ve caught just a few episodes of. Unlike “Ancient Aliens,” where a few hare-brained “experts” trot out patent rubbish without any rational counterpoint, “TTB” starts with the claims… and then has *actual* experts put them to the test. The crystal skulls episode, for example, showed that the supposed Magic Mayan Skulls were actually made no earlier than the late 19th century, and probably in Europe, using modern machines.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/the-truth-behind/