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The Sam Urban Interview | Matt Beall Podcast

Did ancient humans cross oceans 50,000 years ago? Sam Urban, known online as Illegitimate Scholar, joins the show to dive deep into the overlooked world of maritime archaeology and what it reveals about early human seafaring. From ancient dugout canoes and obsidian trade networks to the cultural clashes between English settlers and Algonquian tribes, this episode challenges mainstream narratives and explores how much history may be missing beneath the waves. We also discuss what modern archaeology gets wrong, how Graham Hancock’s ideas hold up, and why we don’t have physical evidence of the…

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