06-16-2009, 04:47 PM
My term for the phenomenon: "The Persistence of Untruth."
These historical untruths are like vampires: no matter how many stakes you pound through their hearts, they keep rising from the grave. Like the one about how "chain mail" armor was a medieval invention that Crusaders first saw in the middle East. I still see that one. Also, historians often consider archaeological discovery mere antiquarianism and therefore unimportant, not relevant to trye history.
These historical untruths are like vampires: no matter how many stakes you pound through their hearts, they keep rising from the grave. Like the one about how "chain mail" armor was a medieval invention that Crusaders first saw in the middle East. I still see that one. Also, historians often consider archaeological discovery mere antiquarianism and therefore unimportant, not relevant to trye history.
Pecunia non olet
