"Aliens Built the Pyramids" is Rooted in Racism (with archaeologist Dr. Andrew White)

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The Thinking Atheist

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Believe it or not, many of the "ancient aliens" conspiracy theories have racist roots. Dr. Andrew White explains.

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Dr. White's YouTube channel
Fraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got to stand by.
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0:42.0	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews. My guest today, Dr. Andrew White is a research archaeologist for the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. He is an
1:06.9	educator and he also shines the white hotlight of scrutiny on pseudo archaeology.
1:14.2	Dr. White, good to have you, man.
1:16.3	Thanks for the opportunity.
1:17.7	All right, let's do definitions.
1:19.8	Pseudo archaeology.
1:21.8	What do you mean?
1:22.8	So archaeology is the study of the human past
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