Hermione Wrote:
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> Pseudoscientists who peddle half-baked theories
> about lost civilisations claim to tackle an
> orthodoxy that does not exist (David Aaronovitch,
> The Times, 30 12 22)
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> [
www.thetimes.co.uk]
From that article:
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... Fingerprints of the Gods, published in 1995, contained the “lost civilisation” thesis — and hit the jackpot. One estimate puts world sales at five million and there were several follow up books and TV series, before, in 1999, the BBC’s Horizon strand comprehensively debunked Hancock’s claims. If you can find these programmes online, I recommend them.
For
archive BBC Horizon links, see extracts below:
From this Ma'at paper (Archaeological Fantasies: How pseudoarchaeology misrepresents the past and misleads the public) - [
www.hallofmaat.com]:
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Chapter Ten: The Atlantean box
In 1999, he [Christopher Hale] made “Atlantis Reborn” - [
web.archive.org] ; also accessible here: [
www.bbc.co.uk] - for the BBC series Horizon, which challenged the ideas of “alternative” writers like Graham Hancock.
From this Ma'at paper (The New Atlantis and the Dangers of Pseudohistory - [
www.hallofmaat.com]):
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17. According to Egyptologist Kate Spence, a view of the north was vital to the pyramid builders; see her interview in BBC Horizon: Atlantis Reborn (aired 4 Nov. 1999) and in revised version on 14 Dec. 2000); transcript available at [
www.grahamhancock.com]. Spence’s arguments in her Nature article show convincingly that the Egyptians did not know of precession; see Spence, K. 2000. “Ancient Egyptian Chronology and the Astronomical Orientation of Pyramids.” Nature 408: 320-324. Her position has naturally come under sharp attack by Bauval on Hancock’s website: [
www.grahamhancock.com].
Other related links:
'Horizon' censured for unfair treatment - The Independent, Thursday 09 November 2000 - [
www.independent.co.uk]
Links on Hancock's site to the relevant BBC Horizon programmes: [
grahamhancock.com]
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