Over the past few weeks, you have likely seen or heard about Netflix's new "documentary" series called "Ancient Apocalypse", presented by Graham Hancock. The basic premise of Mr. Hancock's work for decades has been that there was a highly advanced society around 12,000 years ago that got wiped out at the end of the Ice Age, and archaeologists have all conspired against sharing that truth. (Why this highly advanced society perished when others didn't, despite supposedly being much more advanced than everyone else, I assume remains unaddressed.) The reality is not a conspiracy by "big archaeology", but the fact that there's absolutely no evidence for any of his claims. This pseudoscientific "theory" has its origins in 19th century white supremacist writings that drew on Plato's fictional account of Atlantis to essentially argue for European origins for many remarkable accomplishments of various Indigenous peoples around the world, especially when it comes to monumental art and architecture. In his books, Hancock openly wrote about stories of various visitors (often mistaken for gods) to the supposed "more primitive" societies being white; these days, he will use the more coded terminology such as "heavily bearded" when referring to the Mesoamerican deity/hero Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan, suggesting he could not have been based on an Indigenous person because apparently only Europeans are "heavily bearded" (they're not).
If you'd like to read some responses from archaeologists to the show, the article by Flint Dibble has a lot of good information and links for further reading. I also linked to the open letter from the Society for American Archaeology to Netflix regarding the show. Feel free to share widely!
https://theconversation.com/with-netflixs-ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock-has-declared-war-on-archaeologists-194881
http://www.saa.org/quick-nav/saa-media-room/saa-news/2022/12/01/saa-sends-letter-to-netflix-concerning-ancient-apocalypse-series