{"id":978,"date":"2025-03-27T03:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2025-04-22T02:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:15:46","slug":"how-dedunking-creates-a-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/how-dedunking-creates-a-conspiracy-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"How DeDunking creates a conspiracy theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dan Richards runs the YouTube channel DeDunking. He\u2019s a self-described alternative historian, meaning he disagrees with the mainstream scholarly historical consensus, and is prepared to credit fringe views of history and archaeology. Dan is far more skeptical than other pseudo-archaeologists, but he does have a tendency towards conspiratorial thinking, which is common in the alternative history community. In this video we&#8217;ll see how DeDunking creates a conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How pseudo-archaeologists create conspiracies\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHyHkQo8vFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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>alisterjessen6238. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>andymccracken4046. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?,\u201d 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>anonplayer8529. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyxdrWPjjunGKxNh8d4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyxdrWPjjunGKxNh8d4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bipatita, Drosophila. \u201cPubPeer Comment on: Ancient and Modern Laminated Composites \u2014 from the Great Pyramid of Gizeh to Y2K.\u201d <em>PubPeer<\/em> (2003). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/64A7BC3577B1FA2D3FFE76D311C078\">https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/64A7BC3577B1FA2D3FFE76D311C078<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlenius, Maria R. \u201cEgypt\u2019s Unusual Iron Age: From the Time of Hammering Prestige Goods in the Predynastic Era and Late Bronze Age to Forging the Weapons and Tools of the \u2018Age of Iron.\u2019\u201d PhD, University of Memphis, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cook, Andrea C., John R. 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London: Tr\u00fcbner &amp; Co, 1876.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeDunking. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg.9uUJa9cHysI9uVRJQebFR6&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgxYrHxU40puRYIF8dB4AaABAg.9uUJa9cHysI9uVRJQebFR6&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cGunung Padang Paper Retracted? Barnacles! #science #gunungpadang #lostcivilization &#8211; YouTube.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 19 March 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cHow the Gunung Padang Paper Should Have Been #gunungpadang #grahamhancock #atlantis &#8211; YouTube.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 28 March 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cThe Gunung Padang Retraction From Both Sides #pyramid #science #alternatehistory.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 25 March 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7mIG4S2AnrI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7mIG4S2AnrI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cThe Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cWho Hides The Evidence of Ancient Technology? #ancienttechnology #lostcivilization #atlantis.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 22 January 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_OvIDFuGGhU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_OvIDFuGGhU<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EKreiver. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugze3wBGCno-WyCBXsp4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugze3wBGCno-WyCBXsp4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ganzert, Anne. \u201cSerial Pinboarding.\u201d Pages 17\u201377 in <em>Serial Pinboarding in Contemporary Television<\/em>. 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Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-35272-1_2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-35272-1_2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-35272-1_2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-35272-1_2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gerardcote8391. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, September 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugx_DHVT7VHgc-CidVx4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugx_DHVT7VHgc-CidVx4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodway, Martha. \u201cRecent Information Overlooked in \u2018Forging Iron.\u2019\u201d <em>MRS Bull.<\/em> 18.9 (1993): 8\u201310. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1557\/S0883769400037957\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1557\/S0883769400037957<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guniev. \u201cMatrix Screensaver Rain Code 12H 4K &#8211; Longest Video on Youtube.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 9 April 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=liFjsSDj1eM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=liFjsSDj1eM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HarpersInfiniteSystems. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyNFkZ_cMbviARuBsd4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyNFkZ_cMbviARuBsd4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>infernalstan886. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugx8GJpGk9AQG2pMrQl4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugx8GJpGk9AQG2pMrQl4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JamesGough1. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyJO7U-Op7lNEbK6ZR4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyJO7U-Op7lNEbK6ZR4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jameswarner7435. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jbc2cbj147. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, February 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgwrBQuv_cmvecy5l0l4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgwrBQuv_cmvecy5l0l4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jochi SFX. \u201cCensor Beep \/ Swearing Bleep | Free Sound Effect.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 14 August 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYB64WPaaZA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYB64WPaaZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson, Diane, and Joyce Tyldesley. \u201cIron from the Sky: The Role of Meteorite Iron in the Development of Iron-Working Techniques in Ancient Egypt.\u201d <em>Mummies, Magic, and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David<\/em>. 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Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-01815-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-01815-7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/978-3-319-01815-7\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/978-3-319-01815-7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napiera\u0142a, Mateusz. \u201cWykorzystanie \u017celaza w staro\u017cytnym Egipcie do pocz\u0105tku okresu p\u00f3\u017anego.\u201d <em>10.14746\/fpp<\/em> 27 (2022): 131\u201361. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14746\/fpp.2022.27.07\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14746\/fpp.2022.27.07<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>peterson0096. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyGZwjZQdG6qH92Ig54AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgyGZwjZQdG6qH92Ig54AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>richardskull5279. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugzm8RLDfoUgdXUiUZ54AaABAg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugzm8RLDfoUgdXUiUZ54AaABAg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose, Thomas. \u201cRE: Missing Article from Volume 23 Part 2 (1989),\u201d 23 February 2:48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sayhad, El, El Gayar, and M.P. Jones. \u201cMetallurgical Investigation of an Iron Plate Found in 1837 in the Great Pyramid at Gizeh, Egypt.\u201d <em>Historical Metallurgy<\/em> 23.2 (1989): 75\u201383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherby, Oleg D., and Jeffrey Wadsworth. \u201cAncient Blacksmiths, the Iron Age, Damascus Steels, and Modern Metallurgy.\u201d <em>Journal of Materials Processing Technology<\/em> 117.3 (2001): 347\u201353. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0924-0136(01)00794-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0924-0136(01)00794-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina. \u201cPyramids, Meteorites and Circumpolar Stars, That Is to Say, the Meteoric Iron in Ancient Egyptian and Chinese Cultures\u201d (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Straube, Harald. \u201cGekl\u00e4rte und offene Fragen.\u201d Pages 122\u201339 in <em>Ferrum Noricum und die Stadt auf dem Magdalensberg<\/em>. Edited by Harald Straube. Vienna: Springer, 1996. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-7091-6890-5_11\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-7091-6890-5_11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-7091-6890-5_11\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-7091-6890-5_11<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>svt4001. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugy61wqTJdZp1ClDJCh4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=Ugy61wqTJdZp1ClDJCh4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thefantasticadventuresofbo7148. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgwVN0TXc2R4YussLwd4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgwVN0TXc2R4YussLwd4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>timothymchugh6232. \u201cComment on The Iron Plate in The Great Pyramid: Smelted Iron in The Bronze Age, Ancient High Tech, or Hoax?\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 10 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgzrDCZAnkWxipzst8d4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tZLiTkPbmQ4&amp;lc=UgzrDCZAnkWxipzst8d4AaABAg&amp;ab_channel=DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wadsworth, Jeffrey NMI, and Donald R Lesuer. \u201cAncient and Modern Laminated Composites &#8211; From the Great Pyramid of Gizeh to Y2K.\u201d <em>Materials Characterization<\/em> 45.4\u20135 (2000): 289\u2013313. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S1044-5803(00)00077-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S1044-5803(00)00077-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ub9f9\uc131\ub82c Sung-Lyul Maeng. \u201cAncient Electroplating Technology.\u201d <em>Asia-Pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology<\/em> 7.7 (2017): 831\u201338. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.35873\/AJMAHS.2017.7.7.077\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.35873\/AJMAHS.2017.7.7.077<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAsia-Pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology.\u201d <em>Scilit<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scilit.com\/sources\/60302\">https:\/\/www.scilit.com\/sources\/60302<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistorical Metallurgy,\u201d n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/hmsjournal.org\/index.php\/home\">https:\/\/hmsjournal.org\/index.php\/home<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHome.\u201d <em>The Historical Metallurgy Society<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/historicalmetallurgy.org\/\">https:\/\/historicalmetallurgy.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJournal of the Historical Metallurgy Society | EVISA\u2019s Journals Database.\u201d <em>EVISA<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/speciation.net\/Database\/Journals\/Journal-of-the-Historical-Metallurgy-Society-;i2974\">https:\/\/speciation.net\/Database\/Journals\/Journal-of-the-Historical-Metallurgy-Society-;i2974<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMade a Conspiracy Corkboard for My Noir Styled High School One Act.\u201d Reddit Post. <em>R\/Noir<\/em>, 17 January 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/www.reddit.com\/r\/noir\/comments\/ah16mt\/made_a_conspiracy_corkboard_for_my_noir_styled\/\">www.reddit.com\/r\/noir\/comments\/ah16mt\/made_a_conspiracy_corkboard_for_my_noir_styled\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tweets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD [@DeDunkingPast]. \u201c1\/2 Doing Research for My next Video and I Found 2 Papers Supposedly Exist on the but This 1 Is Missing: Metallurgical Investigation of an Iron Plate Found in 1837 in the Great Pyramid at Gizeh, Egypt&#8221; (Journal of the Historical Metallurgy Society, Vol. 23 No. 2, 1989, Pp. 75-83).\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699669501456036045\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699669501456036045<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c2\/2 Can\u2019t Find It by Name except Scam Sites and Can\u2019t Find It in the Proper Year n Volume Journal Online, like They Scrubbed It or Something. It\u2019s Heavily Cited, in the Same Journal Even&#8230; What Gives? Where Should I Look?\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699669825621262733\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699669825621262733<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch 1\/2 I See That Reasoning, but I Think It Doesn\u2019t Take Psychology into Account. So We Have a Pyramid Enigma, Originally \u2018found\u2019 by an Early Egyptologist, and It\u2019s Got 2 Papers, 1 That Supported It Being Contemporary with the Pyramid and the Other Debunking That&#8230;\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699690054392946901\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699690054392946901<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch 2\/2 &#8230;One of These Papers Is Withheld from the Public. You\u2019re Right, This Is Ripe Turf for Alternate Historians. Some of Us (Not Me but Still) Think y\u2019all Hide Stuff as a Matter of Procedure When It Supports \u2018Our Side\u2019. How Does This Look to Us?\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699690644271399012\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699690644271399012<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch I Emailed Them, No Response Thus Far&#8230; I\u2019m Guessing My Lack of Credentials Coupled with the Subject Matter May Mean I\u2019m Pissing up a Rope but I\u2019m Trying. Thanks Man.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 8 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1700142023188373688\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1700142023188373688<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch I Just Find Myself in a Bit of a Pickle Here. If I Report This as-Is, There\u2019s No Question How Most My Audience Will Take It. But I Won\u2019t Mislead Them, and I\u2019m Not Gonna Pass over This Cause One of the Papers Went AWOL&#8230;\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699788412533031423\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699788412533031423<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch That\u2019s What I Was Afraid of&#8230; Thanks. Not a Good Practice Tbh, like in This Case the Later Paper Cites the First, Now I Have a Big Hole in the Info. There Has to Be a Better Way to Label It \u2018wrong\u2019 without Scrubbing It. I Don\u2019t Even Care about the Gold \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699679902851792939\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699679902851792939<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@jtlewis_arch The Original Paper. That\u2019s the One That Is Missing from the Online Archive of the Journal, Which Is What I Find Weird and Frustrating.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699676957695492475\">https:\/\/x.com\/DeDunkingPast\/status\/1699676957695492475<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffrey (JT) Lewis [@jtlewis_arch]. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 1\/ It Is Likely That It May Have Been Retracted Due to the Follow up Investigations by Craddock and Lang. If the Original Paper Had Erroneous Information It Will Be Removed Because Its Technically Spreading Misinformation. The Issue (Based on the Follow-up in 1993) Was That The-.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699678494760849684\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699678494760849684<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 1\/ The Paper Still Exist. These Would Have Been All Physical Copies in 1989. It Just Wasn\u2019t Digitized in 2012 (Likely Because It Was Retracted for Lying about Results). There Are Likely PDFs of It for People as Well, but Just Not Accessible to the General Public. Researchers-.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681115068371392\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681115068371392<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 2\/ That Are Working in the Field or on the Topic Can Likely Still Get Access to It. I Believe the Fear Is That If Someone Does Poor Research, They Would Only Look at the Original and State That Gold Was Found in the Iron Plate &#8211; Thereby Providing and Sharing Misinformation About-.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681533102006535\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681533102006535<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 2\/2 Original Paper by Gayar and Jones Stated That the Plate Had Gold within It. Craddock and Lang Did Various Different Analytical Methods (Primarily Microscopy and XRF) and Found That There Was Not Gold Present. That May Have Resulted in the Previous Paper Being Removed.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699679161718075489\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699679161718075489<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 3\/ the Object. That Would Then Likely (Because Lets Be Honest, Its an Egyptian Pyramid &#8211; Pseudoscience People Would Be All over It) and Then the Journal\/Organization Is Discredited and That Would Fewerr New Researchers Would Want to Publish in That Journal and That Would Lead To-.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681926712295614\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699681926712295614<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 4\/ the Journal\/Organizaiton Disappearing Altogether. If the Conclusion Is Different or Opinions about What the Results Mean Varies &#8211; That Is Fine. There Are Papers about Poverty Point Interpreted as All Kind of Different Things &#8211; but in All Those Papers the Methods and Results-.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699682492364591344\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699682492364591344<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast 5\/5 Were Still Valid. In the Gayar and Jones Paper They Seem to Have Lied about the Results &#8211; so the Entire Study Is Corrupted at Point.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699683069672726917\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699683069672726917<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast I Think This May Just Be One of Those Scenarios Were There Will Be Negatives to Each Choice and Not a \u2018Right\u2019 Decision. You Could Reach out to the Journal and See If You Could Get a Copy of It. Like I Said, Its Still out There &#8211; It Is Just More Difficult to Get.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699694895697449083\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699694895697449083<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast That Publication Issue Only Has a \u2018Comment\u2019 on the Original Iron Plate from Gizeh Paper by Craddock and Lang. Is That What You Are Looking for or Are You Looking for the Original Paper by Gayar and Jones?\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 7 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699675082040205714\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1699675082040205714<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c@DeDunkingPast Understand. My Only Advice Would Be to Reach out to the Journal about Getting a Copy.\u201d Tweet. <em>Twitter<\/em>, 8 September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1700066075323277787\">https:\/\/x.com\/jtlewis_arch\/status\/1700066075323277787<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Richards runs the YouTube channel DeDunking. He\u2019s a self-described alternative historian, meaning he disagrees with the mainstream scholarly historical consensus, and is prepared to credit fringe views of history and archaeology. 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