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Re: 'Ancient Worlds' - BBC4
Nov 17, 2010, 09:36
tiompan wrote:

The Vikings appear blood thirsty despite some attempts at showing them in a nicer light , maybe with the benefit of hindsight and a more liberal view the Nazis will be seen as just a symptom of their hard times in a few millenia , or even the present British government as trying their best to fix a broken society/economy .Today others might disagree . But ,the point was about the tv presenter's description being an accurate reflection of how the Egyptians are viewed today by Egyptologists and xenophobic is a very typical adjective applied to them particularly from the end of the Middle Kingdom


You never know where you stand these days in history. Every year seems to bring yet another 'update' or theory put forward by one learned person after another. It's almost seems like part of an archaeologist/historian's remit that they must find something different to say or discover than the last person.
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