"Archaeological evidence verifies long-doubted medieval" Topic

… accounts of First Crusade.

"The University of North Carolina at Charlotte-led archaeological dig on Jerusalem's Mount Zion has been going on for over a decade, looking at an area where there were no known ruins of major temples, churches or palaces, but nonetheless sacred land where three millennia of struggle and culture has long lain buried, evidence in layer upon layer of significant historical events.

Virtually every dig season, a significant discovery has been made at the site, adding real detail to the records of this globally-renowned city, giving new insights to what has often been imperfectly preserved in ancient histories. This year's findings are no different, confirming previously unverified details from nearly thousand-year-old historical accounts of the First Crusade – history that had never been confirmed regarding the five-week siege, conquest, sack and massacre of the Fatamid (Muslim)-controlled city in July of 1099…."
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" Gibson is fairly certain that it is booty from the sack or carried by the soldiers carrying out the attack, rather than a dropped domestic item, noting that looting was a real interest of the crusaders"

It is statements like this that call into question the accuracy, judgment and reliability of these academics…how can he be, even "fairly" certain that his earing was in any way shape or form related to the siege or subsequent pillage of the city…and claiming that "looting was a real interest of the crusaders" is just more academic gibberish. What mediaeval soldier wasn't interested in loot?

Glup!….

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