I'm reminded of a previous post I made concerning a book "1421, The Year
China Discovered The World"
The author starts out with a fascinating read based on proven historical facts concerning the power of the
Chinese maritime during this era. Huge junks, huge fleets made voyages as far as Madigascar, at least.
But then the author gradually tries to draw one in to the theory that all the islands of the Atlantic, the east coast of the U.S, the
west coast of the U.S., Australia and many other places were visited by great fleet(s) of
Chinese explorers.
I think he relies on specious arguments.
If this is so, then this must be so sort of thing. By this method, one can "prove" that prepackaged
chicken dinners are a factor in the majority of commercial aircraft disasters. Find me an air crash.
Whoa!
Chicken dinners served on every one or most. Mmmm....
People so often lose sight of or forget scientific theory. And replication of an experiment or finds as demonstrable proof of a theory.
In truth one example in archeology is:
Roman Artifact Found in New Jersey!
I like this one because the inner soul of me wants so much for the
romans, through tempest, storm, luck or design to have reached American shores.
In actual fact, even if a perfectly preserved
gladius were found in an Indian burial mound, properly excavated, cataloged and proven to be not an intrusion, would
still be an anomaly, and not proof that the
romans were building villas in Pennsauken. Not yet time to start rewriting
history books. But it would not stop the flood of books supporting the
"fact" that
Romans were here, and so go get out those metal detectors and start gathering up the
denarii. Find another
gladius nearby, plus
terracotta and
roman household goods and latin text on marble, and.....well, unproven
still, but if found in situ and studied.....well....maybe..sorta. Unproven, but more possible. Not a fact, but more likely.
Then study the ancient writings back in
Rome, and find evidence of an expedition that specifically sent
colonists beyond the the pillars of
Hercules, also dated to the time of deposition of the found artifacts,
and now you have a possibility. But
still not time to dust off the metal detector. Sadly, more proof is needed. So many people accept that first
gladius as "proof".
"Those damn stick-in-the mud scholars. Can't they SEE?"
If that one
gladius was accepted, then why not accept the "Punic, or
Roman, or whatever inscriptions supposedly found in the U.S. as proof? The timeline of
history would be whipsawed back and forth with each SINGLE new discovery.
The Carthigininans were first! No! The Irish were first! No, the
Romans were first! Saw a mideval painting with obvious UFOs in it. Aliens were first!
Sorry for the long post. But boring as it is, stick with the proven timeline of
history, until PROOF is revealed that it was/is different. Then feel free to tell any "learned expert" who ignores such proof to kiss your AE As.
BruceBasemetal