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The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation

±·±ð³Ù´Ú±ô¾±³æâ€™sÌýAncient Apocalypse peddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble explains why that is wrong, and why real archaeology is more exciting

By Colin Barras

14 October 2024

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Paul Ryding

Archaeological research has helped us understand the complicated story of our species’ past, from the earliest hominins to the dawn of civilisation and beyond. But some people are convinced that it has overlooked an important chapter. They believe there was an advanced global civilisation some 20,000 years ago during the last glacial maximum, often referred to as the ice age – but that it was mysteriously destroyed, with its impressive settlements and monuments drowned by rising seas.

, an archaeologist at Cardiff University in the UK, is doing all he can to make it clear that such ideas…

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