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by simbolit 959 days ago
From Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Padang ):

"Thirty-four Indonesian scientists signed a petition questioning the motives and methods of the Hilman-Arif team. Archaeologist Víctor Pérez described Natawidjaja's conclusions as pseudoarchaeology. (...) they 'found' something, carbon-dated it, then it looks like they created a civilisation around the period to explain their finding"

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They found a way to get a steady research grant...