10-19-2010, 02:34 AM
Dan & Paullus i take it that your saying if an item is not found so we have a Hard example ,all is speculation ,& that iconographical representations are of little or no value as we have no way of knowing the material used to create the original item shown or whether the artist has stylized whatever he has depicted ,the same then with Ancient literature some writers are perhaps more reliable than others
Hannibal ad portas ! Dave Bartlett . " War produces many stories of fiction , some of which are told until they are believed to be true." U S Grant
