[HN Gopher] With Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared...
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       With Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on
       archaeologists
        
       Author : thebigspacefuck
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-11-21 22:06 UTC (55 minutes ago)
        
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       | posterboy wrote:
       | >... we strongly believe he is wrong. His flawed thinking implies
       | that Indigenous people do not deserve credit for their cultural
       | heritage.
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       | The implication is racist regardless of Hancock's argument, it's
       | anthropological and philosophical more than archaeological.
       | 
       | You had me at "Netflix".
        
       | zosima wrote:
       | It's clear that Graham Hancock's theories are not well-
       | substantiated. And anybody watching the documentary, will
       | probably agree.
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       | But he is doing something that archaeologists and historians are
       | deeply afraid of. He is weaving a grand narrative of history,
       | superficially supported by archaeological artifacts. And I
       | believe that much of the criticism of him, is less because of his
       | misunderstanding of historical artifacts, and more because he
       | dares to weave this grand narrative.
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       | If academic scholars dared to create a grand narrative of history
       | and archaeology, I'm sure that they could do a much better job
       | than Graham Hancock. But they don't. And so we are left to people
       | like Hancock to fascinate us with the magic of the past and give
       | meaning to the events that occurred.
        
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