Comments on: Lost Persian army found in the Sahara?

By: Qingdai

Qingdai — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:54:32 +0000

I didn’t mean that they would know more about events (gossip is universal), but they might be familiar with the locations talked about.
Event perception is at the whim of the perspective of the subjects.

By: Amil

Amil — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:04 +0000

I am Spanish and MBA student. I could not find any point in the comments I read from buddies. Obviously we are not obligated to comment archaeological discoveries.
The article is indicating an ancient event and a prove for Herodotus’s written history. Whatever we comment reveals how much I know about history and how much I respect to scientists and archaeologists who know far more than us. There might be a fact hardly to accept that a country and nation named currently Iran had been a super power. Lets read more and talk academically.

By: Mr Lemming

Mr Lemming — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:45 +0000

I’m in a Social Psychology class at the moment and after-the-fact recollections of events brings out all kinds of subconscious changes in us. Alot depends on who the individual is talking to, how many people are around at the time, and what sort of role they played in what went down. All those things will change the way a person views the story themselves, much less how much they will change it in the telling. This is my first psych class so I can’t pull any proper terminologies out of my can yet but veryveryvery interesting stuff nonetheless.

By: Mr Lemming

Mr Lemming — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:37 +0000

I have those day dreams as well, but usually just about emptying lakes and oceans. The pyramids off the coast of Japan? Omg that’d be awesome! The exact same style of pyramid underwater in Bermuda? Omg again. Not to mention shipwrecks and such! Gaaaaaaaah.

And, yes, why not, Loch Ness with its zero water visibility. I’m fanciful at heart.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:43 +0000

It’s like how eye witness testimony of immediate events, compelling and “right” as it feels, often is dramatically wrong. The DNA tests done years after the crime can turn out to be far more reliable determiners of fact than our own eyes on the scene.

Of course, in the case of Herodotus and ancient sources in general, their testimony or the testimony they are relaying isn’t necessarily intended to be factual, so there’s an additional layer of complexity.