Re: Heinrich Schliemann

Posted by Anejo Joe from 74.greenville-05-10rs.sc.dial-access.att.net on February 25, 1999 at 20:14:30:

In Reply to: Heinrich Schliemann posted by graml on February 25, 1999 at 09:22:58:

: : :
: : : ...'sides, Schleimann did find the lost city of Troy.
: : : Just a thought.

: : : Till then.

: : : ---Indiana Jerico

: : Schleiman made other finds in Greece which were probably equal to his work at Troy. They just didn't get the press.

: Schliemann was no archaeologist. He was a swindler and a grave robber
: who falsified data (and strata)and lied about a lot of the details of
: his digs. Most of his conclusions were false and he was an unbearable
: egotist. I suppose I'm being pretty harsh on the old guy, but I figured
: some of you would like to know. I wrote a HUGE paper on him last semester,
: and it nearly killed me. Got a B- on it, and that's what counts. My
: two cents.
: -graml

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Nobody's perfect.

Admittedly he destroyed as much as he saved, and was not above a little fabrication from time to time, but he did make finds, and he did publish scholarly works by the standards of the day. A contemporary critic described his book "Tiryns" as "the most important contribution to archaeological science that has been published this century" (Michael Wood, "In Search of the Trojan War")

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: : : : ...'sides, Schleimann did find the lost city of Troy. 
: : : : Just a thought.

: : : : Till then.

: : : : ---Indiana Jerico

: : : Schleiman made other finds in Greece which were probably equal to his work at Troy.  They just didn't get the press.

: : Schliemann was no archaeologist.  He was a swindler and a grave robber
: : who falsified data (and strata)and lied about a lot of the details of
: : his digs.  Most of his conclusions were false and he was an unbearable
: : egotist.  I suppose I'm being pretty harsh on the old guy, but I figured
: : some of you would like to know.  I wrote a HUGE paper on him last semester,
: : and it nearly killed me.  Got a B- on it, and that's what counts.  My
: : two cents. 
: : -graml

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: Nobody's perfect.

: Admittedly he destroyed as much as he saved, and was not above a little fabrication from time to time, but he did make finds, and he did publish scholarly works by the standards of the day.  A contemporary critic described his book "Tiryns" as "the most important contribution to archaeological science that has been published this century" (Michael Wood, "In Search of the Trojan War")

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