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SUMMARY:"He Saw Mysteries and Knew Secret Things”: The Use and Abuse of Near Eastern Archaeology and Myth in Paranormal Discourse
DTSTART:20261029T213000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Professor Jeb Card\, known for his book Spooky Archaeology
 \, will present a primer for understanding the use and abuse of archae
 ology and mythology of Ancient Southwest Asia in current and popular p
 aranormal and conspiracy myth-making\, including the inspirations and 
 appropriations of Near East scholarship for more recent ideas\, such a
 s secret missions to seize a Babylonian stargate\, intelligent plasma 
 jinn\, Ubaid reptilians\, Denisovan Gobekli Tepe\, star-sent Anunnaki\
 , and more.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CATEGORIES:ISAW Library, library-event, popular culture, mythology, archaeology
CONTACT:David M. Ratzan\, dr128@nyu.edu
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