Machu Picchu Was Built Decades Earlier Than Thought - Live Science

Modern radiocarbon dating methods are correcting the standard view of that iconic Inca site's formation, says Tom Metcalfe. Aside from implications for understanding Inca history, "the new discoveries challenge the reliability of using the historical records of colonial forces," a traditional strategy for studying New World civilizations. On a slightly different tack, Erich von Daniken Blasts Cable TV Shows for Pilfering Claims He Stole First, reports Jason Colavito. Colavito's expose of von Daniken's claims to originality is trenchant. Colavito also contends that Scott Wolter Tries to Psychically Contact E.T., Claims U.S. Has Treaties with Aliens. Jason paints a picture of someone appropriating others' ideas to avoid a plunge into total irrelevance. But Alex Tsakiris' video dialogue with Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy, on the Pitfalls of Writing about Ancient Roman History is thoroughly enjoyable. It proves that it's possible to make contributions even in a field so heavily and traditionally trodden as Roman history . Some, as in the Machu Picchu case, contradict currently-fashionable historical theoretical modeling and practices, including filling in "gaps" in history with modern "hindsight" and what we think its characters should logically have done. (WM)

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