Joe_S Wrote:
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> >>and rather a lot of evidence has emerged
> that suggests that it is no more than a modern
> forgery <<
>
> I prefer the term "invention" to Forgery. Forgery
> implies they were trying to re-create a modern
> fake of something much older.

The trouble is that the term "modern invention" suggests the discovery of something that has never previously been known. I think I shall continue to argue for the use of the term "modern forgery" in this context, on the grounds that those allegedly responsible for these parchments knowingly produced documents that they sought to pass off as something much older, rather after the manner of Tom Keating in the art world.

> The whole "drawing lines on maps" approach is a
> blind-alley without end. That way lies madness and
> I will discuss it no further

It depends what exactly is meant by "drawing lines on maps". Sometimes it might be a useful preliminary exercise, and sometimes not. Although the earth is spherical, paper maps are, by definition, flat, so, if lines are drawn on them for any reason - to suggest the alignment of certain sites, say, or the course of an ancient road - it should be borne in mind that there could well be a great deal of room for error. Geographical co-ordinates should therefore be used to check such data before going on to form any conclusions. In the case of the particular examples described by Don above, the approach and methodology were such that I did not think that any useful conclusions at all could be drawn.

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