Podcast "Spray of Science": Facts and Myths about Archaeological Finds
Miscellaneous / / October 09, 2023
We'll figure out why people falsify artifacts, why fakes are in demand, and how archaeologists expose them.
Is it true that people falsify ancient artifacts in every possible way just because of the thirst for profit? Do adventurers really manage to pass off even unreal creatures as real? Are archaeologists really hiding facts that are inconvenient to them from the public?
Alexander Sokolov, founder and editor-in-chief of the scientific and educational portal, talks about archaeological finds and grandiose falsifications in the new episode of the Science Pulverizer podcast.Anthropogenesis.ru", head of the organizing committee of the educational forum "Scientists against myths", scientific journalist and popularizer of science.
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