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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: LindyBill who wrote (99002)5/27/2003 8:59:06 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I think there is a lot of "Oh, don't touch those priceless shards of Sumerian Pottery until I get a grant to spend the summer gridding them out

It's more like "Blame America first for everything"....

Meanwhile, in China english.peopledaily.com.cn some remarkable stuff is no doubt safely under water by now. Which might be for the best, as it'll be well preserved for some time to come.

Incidentally, some of the bitterest academic infighting I've ever read about has come from archeology people. Research into human origins in Africa has been a real piece of high comedy in the genre; I could probably dig up some links though I haven't read up on the subject in a while.
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