24th July 2008, 04:44 PM
I could kiss ya!
You got to the Tacitus and Dio texts ahead of me... as its not as if one said she died the other said she escaped and set up a grocers shop in Cheem..
neither of them mention she was abducted by lizardmen either (so perhaps we should allow our imagination to allow for that possibility)
I am worried that the distinction between imagination and youtubeology has been blurred... I spent too much of my time trying to reason with people about the requirement of some facts ... else you end up in DaVinci code land... at least Dan Brown knows it is fiction... and has said so... cleverly weaving a story ... but ye gods, the number of people who believe it to be true!
Archaeologists deal in the quantifiable... and yes, use imagination to say... what if? But then apply strict procedures to provide a theory... not school playground logic that would make a 7 year old blush....
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
You got to the Tacitus and Dio texts ahead of me... as its not as if one said she died the other said she escaped and set up a grocers shop in Cheem..
neither of them mention she was abducted by lizardmen either (so perhaps we should allow our imagination to allow for that possibility)
I am worried that the distinction between imagination and youtubeology has been blurred... I spent too much of my time trying to reason with people about the requirement of some facts ... else you end up in DaVinci code land... at least Dan Brown knows it is fiction... and has said so... cleverly weaving a story ... but ye gods, the number of people who believe it to be true!
Archaeologists deal in the quantifiable... and yes, use imagination to say... what if? But then apply strict procedures to provide a theory... not school playground logic that would make a 7 year old blush....
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers