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Found a pretty interesting article about how the story of Atlantis became popular and introducing some dangers of pseudoarchaeology:iflscience.com/why-archaeologi
Very relevant to the psuedoscientific claims made on Graham Hancock's new show Ancient Apocalypse.

IFLScience · Why Archaeologists Are Not Looking For Atlantis Why do people (science-inclined people included) insist on searching for the mystical – but crucially, not mythical – “lost” city?