Digging it up
Sometimes reports appear in the media that provide fascinating glimpses into the historical past. It’s all too easy to pour ‘seriously, what possible use is this to us today?’ scorn upon research into subjects like archaeology or the origins of the universe but – from my perspective – anything that adds to the sum of human knowledge is worth knowing.
In which spirit, here’s a link to a piece by David Keys that appears today upon the website of – THE INDEPENDENT