March 17, 2009 07:02PM
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Greg Reeder Wrote:
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> Are you saying, in current research, only
> questions the ancients thought important can be
> asked about them?
Sorry about the cryptic brevity of my previous responses, but I've been posting from my Blackberry on the fly.
What I'm saying is that we must be very careful about superimposing OUR concepts of "race" or "ethnic origin" onto ancient cultures that may have found that idea to be completely alien to them.
To use a hyperbolic analogy, what is the importance of investigating ancient Egyptians' views on stem cell research, quantum physics, or aerospace engineering? Just asking the question presupposes they thought the topic significant enough to have an opinion on it. Same thing for "race". Just bringing it up as a cultural factor suggests THEY saw it as a cultural factor. As I said, we can find her lineage or parentage to be of significance, but unless we know THEY saw "race" as an important factor, then we should not blinker ourselves with that view of who Cleopatra was.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
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