Public Archaeology

If serious academics do not attempt to reach a wider audience, someone else will, and there is no guarantee that they are going to uphold the intellectual standards that we desire. Without a change in the existing academic culture, we will continue to see public debate on important issues derailed by factual errors and invalid reasoning.

Paul Dicken, 'You Want to Write for a Popular Audience? Really?', June 09, 2015

Vignette: Helicopter hieroglyphs, Abydos (Wikipedia)