{"id":1180,"date":"2025-07-31T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:26:49","slug":"pseudo-archaeologist-dan-richards-vs-real-archaeologists-on-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/pseudo-archaeologist-dan-richards-vs-real-archaeologists-on-atlantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pseudo-archaeologist Dan Richards vs real archaeologists on Atlantis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 30 November 2022, the Society for American Archaeology published an open letter to Netflix objecting to its production of the series Ancient Apocalypse, which exhibited the alternative history views of Graham Hancock. In a video published on 11 December 2023, alternative historian and pseudo-archaeologist Dan Richards of the YouTube channel DeDunking claimed the SAA letter was wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tdEdyLnJ16w\" title=\"\">This video<\/a> explains why I think the SAA is correct. See additional videos on Dan Richards here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cVge7AQWKBw\" title=\"\">Questions for two pseudo-archaeologists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OHyHkQo8vFQ\" title=\"\">How pseudo-archaeologists create conspiracy theories<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lo-Jw0Zf9z4\" title=\"\">DeDunking misunderstands archaeology funding<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hpvxuXg7MGM\" title=\"\">When to distrust scholarly journals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bond, Sarah E. \u201cWhy Archaeologists Are Fuming Over Netflix\u2019s Ancient Apocalypse Series.\u201d Hyperallergic, 4 January 2023. https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/791381\/why-archaeologists-are-fuming-over-netflixs-ancient-apocalypse-series\/. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CBC. \u201cAtlantis and the Apocalypse: The World of Fringe Archaeology.\u201d CBC Radio, 24 February 2023. https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/ideas\/atlantis-and-the-apocalypse-the-world-of-fringe-archaeology-1.6757733.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freiburger, Brett. \u201cHow WHOI Scientists Once Looked for the Lost City of Atlantis.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hale, Christopher. \u201cThe illusory search for a lost civilisation.\u201d Engelsberg ideas, 4 September 2024. https:\/\/engelsbergideas.com\/notebook\/the-illusory-search-for-a-lost-civilisation\/. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McKie, Robin, and Robin McKie Science Editor. \u201cLost City of Atlantis Rises Again to Fuel a Dangerous Myth.\u201d The Guardian, 27 November 2022, \u00a7 Science. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2022\/nov\/27\/atlantis-lost-civilisation-fake-news-netflix-ancient-apocalypse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No-Understanding5331. \u201cMap of Atlantis.\u201d Reddit Post. <em>R\/Mapmaking<\/em>, 18 July 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mapmaking\/comments\/1m39ewo\/map_of_atlantis\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mapmaking\/comments\/1m39ewo\/map_of_atlantis\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 3 February 2021. https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/news-insights\/content\/how-a-newly-established-oceanographic-institution-in-woods-hole-searched-for-the-lost-city-of-atlantis\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colavito, Jason. \u201cGraham Hancock Describes the Telekinetic Powers of His Lost Civilization.\u201d <em>JASON COLAVITO<\/em>, 10 April 2019. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/1\/post\/2019\/04\/graham-hancock-describes-the-telekinetic-powers-of-his-lost-civilization.html\">http:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/1\/post\/2019\/04\/graham-hancock-describes-the-telekinetic-powers-of-his-lost-civilization.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convention of Colored Citizens of the State of Minnesota. \u201cProceedings of the Convention of Colored Citizens of the State of Minnesota in Celebration of the Anniversary of Emancipation and the Reception of the Electoral Franchise: On the First of January, 1869 \u00b7 Colored Conventions Project Digital Records,\u201d 1869. <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.coloredconventions.org\/items\/show\/536\">https:\/\/omeka.coloredconventions.org\/items\/show\/536<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeDunking. \u201cArchaeologist Misleads TheThinkingAtheist on UFOs &amp; Racism #archaeology #alien #science.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 17 June 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dXr8OKnTj9s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dXr8OKnTj9s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. Dan Richards The DeDunker Aka SuperSexyD, <em>X (Formerly Twitter)<\/em>, 27 June 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1938421380175057326\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1938421380175057326<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cLieception: Responding to Flint Dibble\u2019s Excuses #jre #grahamhancock #archaeology.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 24 June 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=egt1kL_VDuM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=egt1kL_VDuM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cOpen Letter to Society for American Archaeology President #archaeology #psychology #alternatehistory.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 8 July 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O-xUZrAWzno\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O-xUZrAWzno<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cRacist? Atlantis Hunting Is Rooted in White Supremacy? #atlantis #supremacy #history.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 11 December 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhy6l8kn7wY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhy6l8kn7wY<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farber, Zac. \u201cIgnatius Donnelly: Paranoid Progressive in the Gilded Age.\u201d <em>Minnesota Lawyer<\/em>, 30 May 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/minnlawyer.com\/2018\/05\/30\/ignatius-donnelly-paranoid-progressive-in-the-gilded-age\/\">https:\/\/minnlawyer.com\/2018\/05\/30\/ignatius-donnelly-paranoid-progressive-in-the-gilded-age\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hancock, Graham. <em>America Before: The Key to Earth\u2019s Lost Civilization: AS SEEN ON NETFLIX<\/em>. Hachette UK, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cFingerprints of the Gods &#8211; The Evidence of Earth\u2019s Lost Civilization.\u201d Three Rivers Press, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. <em>Magicians of the Gods<\/em>. Updated and Expanded edition. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orser, Charles E. <em>Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation<\/em>. Archaeology, Culture, and Society. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandweiss, Daniel H. \u201cSAA Letter Ancient Apocalypse.\u201d Society for American Archaeology, 30 November 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.saa.org\/container\/docs\/default-source\/doc-governmentaffairs\/saa-letter-ancient-apocalypse.pdf\">https:\/\/documents.saa.org\/container\/docs\/default-source\/doc-governmentaffairs\/saa-letter-ancient-apocalypse.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyree, J.M. \u201cIgnatius Donnelly, Prince of Cranks.\u201d <em>Believer Magazine<\/em>, 1 August 2005. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeliever.net\/ignatius-donnelly-prince-of-cranks\/\">https:\/\/www.thebeliever.net\/ignatius-donnelly-prince-of-cranks\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 November 2022, the Society for American Archaeology published an open letter to Netflix objecting to its production of the series Ancient Apocalypse, which exhibited the alternative history views of Graham Hancock. 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