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Flint Dibble is on a mission to debunk ancient civilisation myths

By David Stock

Earlier this year, Flint Dibble, an archaeologist at Cardiff University in the UK, appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast to take part in a high-profile debate with Graham Hancock, a writer who has spent years arguing for the existence of a forgotten society and who discusses the idea in his Netflix show, Ancient Apocalypse. His mission?  To do all he can to make it clear that such ideas aren’t supported by the evidence.

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