Why Archaeologists Are Fuming Over Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse Series

Image caption: Artistic rendering of the fictional city of Atlantis originally used as an allegory by Plato. Image credit: George Grie via Wikimedia Commons. Article by Sarah E. Bond. Hyperallergic – January 4, 2023.

In November 2022, Netflix launched a new “docuseries” titled Ancient Apocalypse, presented by journalist Graham Hancock. Over the course of eight episodes, Hancock revivifies long-discounted, Victorian-era views of the ancient past in connection with a great flood and even Atlantis. He also questions the views and motives of professional archaeologists. […]

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