"'Ancient Apocalypse' is a 2022 Netflix 8-episode series, where the British writer Graham Hancock presents his pseudoarchaeological theories about the alleged existence of an advanced civilization active during the last Ice Age," is the introductory summary found on IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base); the docuseries has a respectable 7.3/10 rating by users though.
Archaeologists and other experts have described the theories presented in the series as lacking in evidence and easily disproven.
The Society for American Archaeology objected to the classification of the series as a documentary and requested that Netflix reclassify it as science fiction, stating that it: "repeatedly and vigorously dismisses archaeologists and the practice of archaeology with aggressive rhetoric, willfully seeking to cause harm to our membership and our profession in the public eye; ... the theory it presents has a long-standing association with racist, white supremacist ideologies; does injustice to Indigenous peoples; and emboldens extremists."
Writing in The Guardian, Stuart Heritage suggested that Netflix had "gone out of its way to court the conspiracy theorists" with the series, speculating that Hancock's son's role as head of unscripted originals at the company may explain why it was commissioned.
I will leave up to you all to watch it and find out whether Hancock is able to find out the identity or at least confirm that a "lost" human civilization existed during the last Ice Age.
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