From: DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The show probably didn't mention the forgery side, as it was pretty much
swept under the carpet decades ago. Remember most "antiquarians", as
archaeologists were called back then, were really out for one thing:
treasure. But I suspect that modern day archaeologists, more than other
scientists, loathe to admit the possibility that much of what they call
established scientific fact may actually be bullshit. In this case, it may
be a case of "Tell a lie often enough...".
WHich is why I refuse to call archaeology a science. Science is falsifiable
and testable. Physics theories can be tested. Chemistry can be tested.
Archaeology can't. Its conjecture based on partial evidence and hearsay.
It can be interesting, but it isn't science.
Gabe
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