Years of grad school, or a shovel and a midlife crisis?
Amateur's Desert Dig May Rewrite Ancient American History
A retired insurance salesman's amateur digging in the Mojave Desert has turned up artifacts that could rewrite the history of prehistoric American art, leaving professional archaeologists both embarrassed and intrigued.
Source: Amateur's Desert Dig May Rewrite Ancient American History — Bored Panda
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