Granicus battlefield found?

[stevenneate]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stunning-discovery-may-rewrite-legend-110000099.html

[RichT]

Meh.

See also https://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=8713

Still no proper publication. Still no actual evidence.

"The team also made note of some significant archaeological finds on that hill that furthered the site's case as the fourth-century B.C.E. battlefield. "Local farmers reported finding graves with weapons on this hill, consistent with ancient accounts that Alexander buried fallen Macedonian soldiers with their weapons," Körpe said. In 2024, an unmarked grave of an adult male was found on the hill."

Now that could be interesting - but reports by locals? One unmarked grave? Nah.

This is a story that is all over the internet but I've yet to see any actual substance behind it. I wonder why some things gain such traciton in this way? 'Stunning discovery', 'rewrite legend' my arse. Bah, and indeed humbug.

(The following story on Yahoo on how the Russian regime refers to the West as 'Anglo Saxons' is more interesting..)

[Erpingham]

This is the second time it's been found in a year.  Did they lose it again in between?

[Imperial Dave]

Careless

[skb777]

They can't even find Hastings and there's a bloody big hill and monastery showing you roughly where it is. I doubt they could find Granicus along a river that has changed its course over the last 2,500 years.

[Imperial Dave]

So needle in haystack time again 

Or horse kebabs

[stevenneate]

This is the second time it's been found in a year.  Did they lose it again in between?

It moved location.

[Adrian Nayler]

It moved location.

Presumably it flowed downstream?

[RichT]

As Heraclitus said, it is not possible to discover the same river twice.

[Nick Harbud]

(The following story on Yahoo on how the Russian regime refers to the West as 'Anglo Saxons' is more interesting..)

Gosh, I bet that upsets the French!

 

[Ian61]

(The following story on Yahoo on how the Russian regime refers to the West as 'Anglo Saxons' is more interesting..)

Gosh, I bet that upsets the French!

 

I am sure it will Nick, especially as in the past most Westerners have in many remote places been referred to as 'Franks'.

[Nick Harbud]

Interestingly, in Thai all Europeans tend to be referred to as farang, which is derived from the word Frank in much the same way as Arabs tend to use the term firenk.  So, what word do Thais use when referring particularly to the French subset of Europeans?  It's farangsay.

An early morning piece of linguistic trivia... 

[Imperial Dave]

Oooh. Love a bit of linguistic gymnastics in the morning