Ancient Sumerians. Photo by Santa Rosa

I had a slight worry a few weeks back. I found a book that tackled a large swathe of alternative archaeology telling the truth about it. The subtitle was The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology and Hidden History. It was a surprise because I keep kicking around an idea of writing my own disinformation guide. I flipped it open the contents page and found that it’s probably an uncritical trip through alternative archaeologies greatest hits. So it’s not quite what I want to do. (more…)