The Facts behind the Hoax

Many of us are tired of mass media’s interest in using archaeological facts as a solid foundation on which to build hoaxes usually dealing with apocalyptical issues and hyping them to their prime time audiences.

Well, archaeologist Sarah Parcak is doing something about it. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor conducted a “Mythbusters” seminar last fall where students could confront, explore, discuss and finally debunk the most pervading pseudo-archaeological topics such as Egyptian tomb curses, lost cities and continents, apocalyptic prophecies and the end of the world.

Parcak believes it is crucial to educate students and the public about what most academic archaeologists avoid – discussing untruths in the classroom.

She hopes to make the seminar a course available as a 200-level offering by spring 2011.

Source: UAB Magazine

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Tags: Archaeology, hoax, pseudoarchaeology, Sarah Parcak, UAB Obelisk, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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