Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg: The Accidental Pseudoarchaeologist - Ep 130

Today let’s explore the life of Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814-1874), a dedicated scholar who found and published some amazing work on the ancient Maya.  The only problem is that his ideas on Maya culture and translations of Maya hieroglyphs were almost 100% wrong!  Further proof that people with terrible names have little choice in life except to become pseudoarchaeologists…TranscriptsFor rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/130Contact Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube) Blog: Kinkella Teaches ArchaeologyArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public StoreAffiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley FoolSave $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to  https://zen.ai/pseudofool and start your investing journey today!*$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/pseudoarchaeology to save 20% off anything you order.