对于任何致力于人类古代科学研究的人来说，关于人类历史的欺诈、神话和假定的神秘都是移动的目标。例如，任何对人类历史感兴趣的人都必须知道，没有证据表明古代有一个巨人种族，埃及金字塔下也没有激光枪的碎片。揭穿这些胡言乱语本身就是一种乐趣和有用的方式，但更重要的是我们确定这些说法是胡言乱语的过程。
欺诈、神话和神秘：考古学中的科学和伪科学，第十版，使用有趣的——通常是幽默的——考古骗局、神话和神秘来展示我们如何通过科学来真正了解过去的事情。这不仅仅是一本关于我们如何知道关于人类过去什么是不真实的书，也是一本关于我们如何知道什么是真实的书。
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, 10th Edition
Frauds, myths, and supposed mysteries about humanity’s past are moving targets for anyone committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity. It is important for anyone interested in the human past to know, for example, that there is no evidence for a race of giant human beings in antiquity and no broken shards of laser guns under Egyptian pyramids. Debunking such nonsense is fun and useful in its own way, but more important is the process by which we determine that such claims are bunk.
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Tenth Edition, uses interesting–and often humorous–archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. It is not just a book about how we know what isn’t true about the human past–it’s also about how we know what is true.
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