http://loveofhistory.com/do-not-take-archaeology-too-seriously/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/do-not-take-archaeology-too-seriously/#comment-278 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:57:48 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-278 Piltdown! This is an entirely new world for me! I have not heard about it until you mentioned it, at which point I paid a visit to (alas!) wikipedia. Fascinating stuff. It makes you wonder how such a hoax would have fared in Information Age. In fact, do twitter and blogging and everything else perpetuate myths or debunk them?

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/do-not-take-archaeology-too-seriously/#comment-277 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:54:00 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-277 Imagine that! Soon there will be books on the subject. I bet they will appear first in religious bookstores and then in bookstores that specialise on Alliens and UFOs!

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/do-not-take-archaeology-too-seriously/#comment-276 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:53:57 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-276 I actually had a family member email me this to ask if it was true. You would think they would be able to figure it out themselves, but hey, I am always here to help guide people back to reality

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/do-not-take-archaeology-too-seriously/#comment-275 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:38:36 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-275 I realize it’s palaeo-anthropology and not archaeology, but since you’re on the subject of hoaxes, I’d be interested to know your thoughts, if any, about the greatest (worst?) hoax of them all: Piltdown?

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