Ancient Alien Theorists: That rock is too big for people to move. MuST Be AliENs!!!

Archaeologists: Have you tried, because we tried and it wasn& #39;t that bad!

Ancient Alien Theorists: BUT, ancient people couldn& #39;t cut stone! MUST HAVE BEEN ALIENS!

Archaeologists: Oh we tried that to, its not so hard. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-backyard-pendulum-saw-sliced-bronze-age-mystery">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/h...

Ancient Alien Theorists: BUT, BUT, BUT, ancient art has pictures of helicopters!!!

Archaeologists: Umm, why do aliens even need helicopters? And anyway its not a helicopter, the Egyptians carved a second set of glyph on the top.

Ancient Alien Theorists: "Mainstream" archaeology is so afraid of change, why can& #39;t you accept new ideas???

Archaeologists: Your TV Show does nothing but parrot a 50 year-old book whose author was successfully sued for plagiarism. Go home!

Well that blew up!

If you’re looking for a more serious discussion, I was on @sciencevs talking about the problems with #AncientAliems claims.

Check it out! https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/brho25">https://gimletmedia.com/shows/sci...

Or check out my lecture from earlier this year on the blurred lines between Ancient Aliens and pop culture!

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