It would take half the podcasts ever created to debunk all of the untruths promoted as

fact by history's ancient alien series, and so by no means does this third in our three

part series pretend to do a comprehensive job.

But we're trying to hit most of the big ones.

Today we're going to fact check the television on points such as the Crystal Skulls, the

Nazca Lions, and a bunch of little golden ornaments that you've been told are airplanes or

spacecraft.

That's today UnSkeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Debunking Ancient Aliens Part 3

Today we're going to wrap up our mammoth undertaking of debunking perhaps the worst

offending series in the history of television, Ancient Aliens, which graffiti's vast swathes

of human history with a thick coat of falsehood.

In part 1 we covered some of the ancient texts that the show has misrepresented.

Last week in part 2 we looked at some of the ancient human sites that the show falsely

climbed were built or influenced by aliens, and this week we're going to wrap up with

a handful of ancient artifacts and artworks that ancient aliens claims are proof of alien

visitation.

Our first stop today will be The Ancient Maya, the Palenque Astronaut.

On the show Eric Fondaniken describes a stone carving of a reclining figure.

And you see his upper hand he's manipulating some controls.

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