Originally posted by more_serotonin_pls
From some of my reading it seems that getting mainstream historians/archaeologists to accept something that does not fit in with their ideas is
exceedingly difficult. An example I can think of from the top of my head is (if I recall correctly) that there are holes drilled near the sphinx which
would need to have been drilled by something harder and 30 times faster than our current diamond tipped drills.
I feel that the mainstream establishment is far too worried about losing credibilty within academia. However, I'd love to know how many of them
wonder in private.
We need people willing to take a chance and risk ridicule or accusations of poor research from the establishment to really move things forward. There
are items in museums all over the world which defy explanation according to mainstream history. What do they do? Try to ignore the glaring anomaly.
It's such a shame.
Aye. Alot of the confusion started with German Higher Criticism. When their theories, that they used to discredit ancient history were proved
incorrect, it was too late to backpedal. Too many scholarly works on the related and tangetial subjects, had been written. Too many reputations at
stake. Another problem arose when national pride issues came into the limelight.
For example, in an effort to give the africans a feeling of national and historical pride and a place in the larger scheme of things, they concocted
theories in which the pharaohs were all or almost all, african, and used it where necessary. This became very selective, completely refusing to
believe some were possible, without a shred of literary proof to support that belief When in fact, the records of the ancient egyptians have them
intermarrying almost every race on the planet and perhaps a few off the planet as well.
When Islam spread to the africa nations and became a political force in places like Cairo, Egypt, the history of ancient Egypt became a history in
which the israelis were non-existent. (prejudice interjected itself into the history books on nearly every front. . it's rampant, especially right
now).
History is a mess!
[edit on 25-6-2007 by undo]
oh boy. at a loss for words. 
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