Re: Naqshi-Rustam: When was Xerxes' fake tomb created?

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Please read this
*Three Basic Principles of Archaeological Research*
by Garrett Fagan
<http://www.hallofmaat.com/modules.php?name=Articles&file=article&sid=5>

Aha! Here is quote regarding archaeology from the above article:

The reason archaeologists insist that hypotheses take all pertinent data into account is that they are interested first and foremost in getting as close as possible to the truth about what happened in the past, even if that truth often evades us or if our understanding is necessarily incomplete. Given this motivation, it is clear that a hypothesis founded in a selective presentation of evidence is unreliable and therefore not a good guide to the truth. >

This is PRECISELY what I am claiming!


No you don't
You don't understand what you read and you only
quote what you think supports you.
But it does not support you at all.

Your quote is follewed by
"Archaeological hypotheses, to get even a preliminary
hearing, must therefore do a good job of explaining all
the evidence pertinent to the phenomenon the hypothesis
seeks to explain. If it does not, it will be rejected."

Now read what Fagans says about what archaeological
evidence is.
And read what else is included with the charter of this group
and do some more basic reading on archaeology and
science in general before you open your mouth here.




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