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I've also been watching Stargate (on season 2), it's fun getting to know the Vancouver area as Jack and friends explore the galaxy but always end up in the PNW ;)

Just found this list of filming locatiobs.

https://rdanderson.com/stargate/locations/index.htm

Stargate origins was not a great series, but talks about egypt and stargate :D

SG1, such a cool premis

Do you watch the movie as a part of this?

sadly, the reboot got cancelled :(

I don't understand the fond reminiscing. The face on Mars is an optical illusion, an example of Pareidolia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

I sincerely hope that no one believes there are monuments or any such constructions on Mars.

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Incidentally i always found the idea of an explorer grabbing the mysterious jewelled skull and getting cursed similar to the thought exercise of how we warn future cultures about the dangers of long term radioactive waste.

The warning needs to transcend language so you probably think a skull is pretty clear right? Put a big skull there, maybe make it light up or eye catching in some way just to really seal the deal? Surely they understand "don't go near this". Yet in a million years time you're probably going to get some explorer "finding the mysterious and cursed crystal skull" who will subsequently die of "the mysterious curse". It would have made a more interesting ending for that Indiana Jones movie that's for sure.

Look no further than the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Nothing is allowed to proceed or be published without their sign off.

There may well be a surfeit of articles, but at least in cancer research, we've had extraordinary progress recently. See, for example: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02745-5

It’s hard to believe in 2026 someone would bemoan that nothing has progressed in cancer research. Cancer has no single cure, but survival durations are absurdly crazy for most common cancers compared to 30 years ago. Current treatments are like science fiction and are extraordinarily effective. The horizon is remarkable as well. It’s genuinely surprising to hear someone say “never any progress” re: cancer.

I’ve nothing to say about Egyptian tombs though.

While the popular press does bungle nearly all cancer research findings, the last 20 years have been unbelievably productive in cancer treatment. No, we haven't and aren't going to cure cancer any time soon.

Put your phone down, put your laptop down. Go to the park without your devices and lay on the grass under a tree.

Hear the sound of trees. The smell of nature. Feel the sun warming your face.

You mind will trick you, convince you "youre too busy for this", "youre hungry", "your back hurts you cant lie down", "you should be doing X", anything to not stay under the tree, dont resist those thoughts, just observe them as they fly by, but take no action on them.

Rest without guilt is a trait all masters must develop once they get past the adrenaline urgency phase of their skill mastery.

Dont take your devices, dont take a book, just sit, 3 hours minimum.

Go human, you are amazing!

In the related articles sidebar there is an article from 2020:

  Is this Nefertiti’s tomb? Radar clues reignite debate over hidden chambers
  A new survey hints at a previously unknown space beyond Tutankhamun’s burial chamber.

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The balancing act between Egyptian tourism mystery golden goose eggs, and just cutting the pyramid in half.

This is a good question and there is a real practical answer. The tomb is not in a Pyramid but deep in a mountain reachable by a narrow stairway. You'd have to cut away or dig through the mountain to come close enough for a metal detector.

Yes, I do, although I noticed that I had a hard time reading the text, the images were so interesting.

Absolutely. Extremely formative to my early years.

Aliens and advanced technology aren't going to be involved.

Superstitious nonsense.