https://stolengenesis.com/real-places Field notes on the real archaeological sites behind the Stolen Genesis novels by Duncan J Docherty. en-GB https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gobekli-tepe https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gobekli-tepe Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The buried temple that shouldn’t exist, and the discovery that rewrote the story of how human civilisation began. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gobekli-tepe https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/the-sulawesi-caves https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/the-sulawesi-caves Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 The oldest story ever told, painted on a cave wall more than fifty thousand years ago. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/the-sulawesi-caves https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/hal-saflieni-hypogeum https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/hal-saflieni-hypogeum Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 The only prehistoric underground temple in the world, and a chamber that answers when you speak to it. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/hal-saflieni-hypogeum https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/newgrange https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/newgrange Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A 5,000-year-old tomb engineered so that, one morning a year, the sun reaches its heart. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/newgrange https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gavrinis https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gavrinis Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The most densely carved monument in megalithic Europe, on an island you can only reach by boat. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/gavrinis https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/rosslyn-chapel https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/rosslyn-chapel Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 A small chapel so crowded with carving that it has fuelled five centuries of theories. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/rosslyn-chapel https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/glastonbury-tor https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/glastonbury-tor Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 A terraced hill that has been collecting legends for at least a thousand years. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/glastonbury-tor https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/richat-structure https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/richat-structure Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 A 40-kilometre bullseye in the desert, visible from orbit, and the internet’s favourite Atlantis. Read the full field note at https://stolengenesis.com/real-places/richat-structure