This episode has gone too far for an intelligent person to believe other than that the series is total hogwash. While the entire series is utterly lacking in scientific, technical, or historical information, this episode apparently dispenses with the concepts completely. Scott is investigating artifacts found near Tucson, Arizona which are supposedly from the year AD 800. The only technical aspect included in the investigation is geological; determining if the incrustation on the objects are appropriate for a long time underground, and whether or not the lead from which the artifacts could have been local. The investigation is called into serious question, however, by what is omitted, and obviously intentionally omitted.
The artifacts are covered in Latin inscriptions. Where was the expert in Latin to verify that the language and writing used were consistent with AD 800 usage? Not a single word was mentioned about this. Why? There was great excitement over the discovery of two "Crosses of Lorraine" on one of the artifacts. Unfortunately for Scott's investigation, the form of the crosses were not consistent with the historical heraldic form of the Cross of Lorraine. In AD 800 the Cross of Lorraine was a vertical bar crossed by two equal length cross bars. The use of unequal length cross bars is something which appeared long after the supposed time of the artifacts.
Scott jumps into his usual and extreme conspiracy theories, here trying to connect the Masons and the Knights Templar to the artifacts. Unfortunately for Scott's ludicrous theories, the Knights Templar did not come into existence until the 12th century, almost four hundred years after the supposed creation of the artifacts. He does acknowledge this time disparity, but only in one quickly passed sentence; and he never bothers to explain why he wasted a major part of the program on something which he, at some point, knew was utter garbage; and to which he refers repeatedly even after his admission that there cannot be a connection. His attempts to connect the artifacts to the Masons are beyond ridiculous. He ignores the simple fact that "masons" (or Freemasons) did not exist as an organization (other than local guilds) at the time.
Need one even comment on the asinine attempt to connect the modern Exxon logo to the Cross of Lorraine on the artifacts? He goes so far as to get an "expert" (although it is questionable if that term could be applied to the individual) to connect the red and white colors of the logo to the Knights Templar, and, unbelievably, claims that the blue bar at the bottom of the logo represents the Templers crossing the ocean to reach America. Did no one bother to think that a modern American company might want to use red/white/blue as their colors? Or did they so desperately need to include someone they could claim as an expert in the show (since there seems to be significant lack of such persons)? One can only conclude that the producers, writers, and Scott are openly laughing at the credulity of so many of their viewers.
Scott's conclusion is that the artifacts are real, base solely on the fact that the artifacts do appear to have been in the ground for a long time. This gross illogic alone should convince any viewer of two things; 1) forensic geology is not a science, at least not as practiced by Scott Wolter, and 2) the utter stupidity of this show and the series as a whole.
The artifacts are covered in Latin inscriptions. Where was the expert in Latin to verify that the language and writing used were consistent with AD 800 usage? Not a single word was mentioned about this. Why? There was great excitement over the discovery of two "Crosses of Lorraine" on one of the artifacts. Unfortunately for Scott's investigation, the form of the crosses were not consistent with the historical heraldic form of the Cross of Lorraine. In AD 800 the Cross of Lorraine was a vertical bar crossed by two equal length cross bars. The use of unequal length cross bars is something which appeared long after the supposed time of the artifacts.
Scott jumps into his usual and extreme conspiracy theories, here trying to connect the Masons and the Knights Templar to the artifacts. Unfortunately for Scott's ludicrous theories, the Knights Templar did not come into existence until the 12th century, almost four hundred years after the supposed creation of the artifacts. He does acknowledge this time disparity, but only in one quickly passed sentence; and he never bothers to explain why he wasted a major part of the program on something which he, at some point, knew was utter garbage; and to which he refers repeatedly even after his admission that there cannot be a connection. His attempts to connect the artifacts to the Masons are beyond ridiculous. He ignores the simple fact that "masons" (or Freemasons) did not exist as an organization (other than local guilds) at the time.
Need one even comment on the asinine attempt to connect the modern Exxon logo to the Cross of Lorraine on the artifacts? He goes so far as to get an "expert" (although it is questionable if that term could be applied to the individual) to connect the red and white colors of the logo to the Knights Templar, and, unbelievably, claims that the blue bar at the bottom of the logo represents the Templers crossing the ocean to reach America. Did no one bother to think that a modern American company might want to use red/white/blue as their colors? Or did they so desperately need to include someone they could claim as an expert in the show (since there seems to be significant lack of such persons)? One can only conclude that the producers, writers, and Scott are openly laughing at the credulity of so many of their viewers.
Scott's conclusion is that the artifacts are real, base solely on the fact that the artifacts do appear to have been in the ground for a long time. This gross illogic alone should convince any viewer of two things; 1) forensic geology is not a science, at least not as practiced by Scott Wolter, and 2) the utter stupidity of this show and the series as a whole.