The Rise and Fall of the Deluvian World

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Donnily suggests that an ancient civilization called atlantis was destroyed by flood and its survivors then taught indigenous people the practices of agriculture and architecture. In his 1995 book fingerprints of the gods, handcock draws on donnily all the time to make his points. archaeological dating is complex and it makes a lot of work and a lot of context uh to be able to get a good date but we have radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic dating which we still use today.

On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraudulent alternative history books like Erich von Däniken's 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, to television series like "Ancient Aliens" and "Ancient Apocalypse."

Alongside guest Dr. David S. Anderson, we discuss how phony "what if?" theories often go beyond the goofy, guilty pleasure premises of extraterrestrial visitors and lost civilizations to promote Eurocentric, racist pap and a mindless distrust of "the scientific establishment" in the stupidest and least productive way possible.