The Founder of Modern Alternative Ancient History: Ignatius Donnelly

Uncover the fascinating origins of modern alternative ancient history and the myth of a high-tech prehistoric civilization. In this episode of the "Myths of Ancient History" series, Dr. David Miano analyzes the profound impact of Ignatius Loyola Donnelly, a 19th-century US Congressman whose bestselling books completely revolutionized pseudohistory. Explore how Donnelly interpreted Plato's Atlantis as real historical fact, his creative methods for extracting history from worldwide legends, and why modern historians and archaeologists classify his unfalsifiable arguments as pseudoscience.
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