Dogon mystery still unsolved.(Forum)(Letter to the Editor) From: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Gulliford, Don M.; McDaid, Liam | COPYRIGHT 2004 Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I wonder if perhaps SKEPTIC may have stubbed its toe regarding Liam McDaid's article on the Dogon tribe's astronomy skills (Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 40). About two decades ago the PBS television series NOVA addressed the same story in a good overall debunking feature that included the Bermuda Triangle, Chariots of the Gods, Nazca plains, UFO landing sites, etc. Then, however, NOVA concluded by asking viewers to consider a valid mystery, the Dogon, but from a much different and, it seemed...