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moniss

(5,752 posts)
4. This is an example of why I always object when
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:14 AM
Jul 2024

TV shows or authors insist with surety that ancient history was x and y conclusively. There is still much we do not know, there is also likely much that is lost to time and we will never know. We can only find and piece together what we can as we find it. The folly comes in when people start trying to be too conclusive about things rather than saying that their conclusions should not be construed as final since there remains much to explore and because much could be lost.

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