Historians Admit to Inventing Ancient Greeks Historianët

Anno 11 Distribuzione gratuita in: Mensile di attualità e cultura italo-albanese Albania, Australia, Numero 3 Belgio, Canada, Germania, Direttore editoriale: Hasan Aliaj Grecia, Francia, Italia, Giugno 2013 Stati Uniti e Svizera Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks WASHINGTON—A group of leading historians held a press conference Monday at the National Geographic Society to announce they had "entirely fabricated" ancient Greece, a culture long thought to be the intellectual basis of Western civilization. The group acknowledged that the idea of a sophisticated, flourishing society existing in Greece more than two millennia ago was a complete fiction created by a team of some two Historians Admitdozen historians,To anthropologists, and classicists who worked nonstop betweenHistorianët: 1971 and 1974 to forge "Greek" documents and artifacts. E kemi "Honestly, we never meant for things to go this far," said Professor Gene Haddlebury, who has offered to resign his position as chair of Hellenic Studies at Georgetown University. "We were young and trying to advance our careers, so we just started making things up: Homer, Aristotle, Inventing Ancient GreeksSocrates, Hippocrates, the lever and fulcrum, rhetoric, ethics, all sajuarthe different kinds of columns—everything." Greqinë e lashtë WASHINGTON—A group of leading historians on buildings in Washington, Një grup historianësh poemës epike që besohet se ka hedhur themelet e held a press conference Monday at the National D.C., including a bank të njohur mbajtën një traditës letrare të Perëndimit. “Por gjithësesi, na Geographic Society to announce they had “entirely across the street from the konferencë shtypi në fillim eci”. fabricated” ancient Greece, a culture long thought to coffee shop where they met të kësaj jave tek National Përreth të njëjtës kohë, një kurator në institutin be the intellectual basis of Western civilization. The to “bat around ideas about Geographic Society, për të Smithsonian kërkoi ndihmën e Haddleuryt: Muzeu group acknowledged that the idea of a sophisticated, mythology or whatever.” deklaruar se e kanë “fabrikuar kishte marrë një donacion të majmë për të krijuar një flourishing society existing in Greece more than two “We picked Greece krejtësisht” Greqinë e ekspozitë mbi botën e lashtë “por faktikisht nuk kishte millennia ago was a complete fiction created by a because we figured nobody lashtë, një kulturë që prej shumë gjëra për të vendosur aty”. Historianët iu team of some two dozen historians, anthropologists, would ever go there to check një kohe të gjatë mendohej futën menjëherë punës, duke falsifikuar me shpejtësi and classicists who worked nonstop between 1971 it out,” Nguyen-Whiteman se ishte baza intelektuale prova të një qytetërimi që - i plotësuar me poetët dhe and 1974 to forge “Greek” documents and artifacts. said. “Have you ever seen e qytetërimit perëndimor. filozofët e tij, perënditë dhe heronjtë - do të bëhej “Honestly, we never meant for things to go this far,” the place? It’s a dump. It’s Grupi pranoi se ideja e një më vonë pika qendrore e librave shkollorë, arsimit në said Professor Gene Haddlebury, who has offered like an abandoned gravel shoqërie të sofistikuar dhe kolegje dhe fushave të tëra të shkencave njerëzore. to resign his position as chair of Hellenic Studies at pit infested with cats.” She në lulëzim që ekzistonte Emily Nguyen-Whiteman, një prej akademikeve të Georgetown University. “We were young and trying to added, “Inevitably, though, në Greqi më shumë se dy reja, shpjegoi se e gjithë arkitektura e lashtë greke advance our careers, so we just started making things people started looking mijëvjeçarë më parë ishte bazohej në ndërtesa në Uashignton, duke përfshirë up: Homer, Aristotle, Socrates, Hippocrates, the lever around for some of this e gjitha një sajesë e krijuar edhe një bankë që ndodhej matanë rrugës përballë and fulcrum, rhetoric, ethics, all the different kinds of ‘ancient’ stuff, and next nga një ekip prej dhjetëra kafenesë ku “ata ishin mbledhur për të rrahur idetë columns—everything.” thing I know I’m stuck in historianësh, antropologësh mbi mitologjinë e të tjera si këto”. “Way more stuff than any one civilization could Athens all summer building dhe klasicistësh që punuan “Zgjodhëm Greqinë, sepse kuptuam se askush nuk have come up with, obviously,” he added. According a goddamn Parthenon just to pa ndërprerje në periudhën do të shkonte atje dhe të kontrollonte”, tha ajo. “E to Haddlebury, the idea of inventing a wholly cover our tracks.” Nguyen- mes viteve 1971 dhe 1974 keni parë ndonjëherë atë vend? Është si një varr i fraudulent ancient culture came about when he and Whiteman acknowledged she për të “krijuar” dokumente braktisur i mbushur me mace”. Ajo shtoi: “Por, ishte other scholars realized they had no idea what had was also tasked with altering dhe sende “greke”. e pashmangshme që njerëzit të fillonin të kërkonin actually happened in Europe during the 800-year documents ranging from “Sinqerisht, asnjëherë nuk nga këto gjëra ‘të lashta’ dhe pa kaluar shumë kohë period before the Christian era. Frustrated by the gap early Bibles to the writings e mendonim që gjërat do të u gjenda në Athinë gjatë gjithë verës duke ndërtuar in the record, and finding archaeologists to be “not of Thomas Jefferson to reflect a “Classical Greek” shkonin kaq larg”, deklaroi Profesor Gene Haddlebury, Partenonin për të fshehur gjurmët”. Nguyen- much help at all,” they took the problem to colleagues influence—a task that alsoJust included one of the "ancient" the creation, artifacts dream fromed up in a basementi cili është in Somerville, ofruar MA. që të japë dorëheqjen nga pozicioni i Whiteman pranoi se asaj iu ngarkua edhe detyra që who were then scrambling to find a way to explain scratch, of a language based"Way more on stuff modern than any one civilizationGreek couldthat have cometij siup with,kryetar obviously," i Studimeve he added. According Helenistike to Haddlebury, nëthe ideaUniversitetin of inventing a wholly e të ndryshonte dokumentet që varionin nga Biblat e where things such as astronomy, cartography, and could pass as its ancientfraudulent precursor. ancient culture Historians came about when told he and otherGeorgetown. scholars realized “Ishimthey had no të idea rinj what haddhe actually përpiqeshim happened in Europe të çonimduring the hershme deri tek shkrimet e Tomas Xhefersonit, për 800-year period before the Christian era. Frustrated by the gap in the record, and finding archaeologists to be "not much help at all," they took the democracy had come from. Within hours the greatest reporters that some of theproblem so-called to colleagues Greek who were ideas then scramblingwere to findpërpara a way to explainkarrierat where thingstona, such kështuas astronomy, që cartography, nisëm andtë democrsajojmë:acy had të pasqyruar një ndikim të Greqisë së lashtë - një and most influential civilization of all time was born. in fact borrowed from thecome Romans, from. Within hours stripped the greatest to and their most influential Homeri, civilization Aristoteli,of all time was born.Sokrati, "One night Hipokrati, someone made levaa joke abodheut just boshti, taking all detyrë që përfshinte gjithashtu krijimin, nga hiçi, të these ideas, lumping them together, and saying the Greeks had done it all 2,000 years ago," Haddlebury said. "One thing led to another, and “One night someone made a joke about just taking all fundamentals, and then beforeattributed you know it,to we're fictional coming up withGreek everything fromretorika, the golden etika, ratio to thetë Iliad gjithë." "That wasllojet a bitch e to kolonavewrite, by the way," - gjithçka.he continued, një gjuhe të bazuar në greqishten moderne dhe që these ideas, lumping them together, and saying the predecessors. But othersreferring they to claimedthe epic poem as believed their to haveown. laid the foundationSigurisht for the shumë Western literarymë tepër tradition. gjëra "But it seemednga sa to catchdo tëon. kishte" Around theqenë same mund të kapërdihej me lehtësi si paraardhësja e saj time, a curator at the Smithsonian reportedly asked for Haddlebury's help: The museum had received a sizeable donation to create an exhibit on Greeks had done it all 2,000 years ago,” Haddlebury “Geometry? That was allthe Kevin,”ancient world saidbut "really Haddlebury, didn't have a whole lot nëto put gjendje in there." Thetë krijontehistorians immediately një qytetërim set to work, i hastilyvetëm”. falsifying evidence of a e lashtë. Historianët u thanë gazetarëve se dise prej said. “One thing led to another, and before you know referring to former graduatecivilization student that— complete Kevin with Davenport. its own poets and philosophers,Sipas gods Haddlebury, and heroes—would ideja eventually e becomesajimit the centerpiecetë një kulture of schoolbooks, të ideve të ashtuquajtura greke ishin në fakt të huazuara it, we’re coming up with everything from the golden “Man, that kid was on fire in those days. They teach lashtë erdhi kur ai dhe akademikë të tjerë kuptuan nga romakët. Por për të tjerat ata thanë se ishin ide ratio to the Iliad.” “That was a bitch to write, by Davenportian geometry in high schools now, though se nuk e kishin fare idenë se çfarë kishte ndodhur që i kishin sajuar vetë. “Gjeometria? Ishte gjithçka the way,” he continued, referring to the epic poem of course they call it Euclidean.” Sources confirmed në fakt në Europë në periudhën 800 vjeçare përpara ide e Kevin”, tha Haddlebury, duke iu referuar believed to have laid the foundation for the Western that long hours and lack of sleep took their toll on epokës së krishterë. Të frustruar nga hendeku që ish-studentit të sapodiplomuar në atë kohë, Kevin literary tradition. “But it seemed to catch on.” Davenport, and after the lukewarm reception of his ekzistonte në të dhënat dhe duke parë që arkeologët Davenport. “Ai djalë ishte i papërmbajtshëm në ato Around the same time, a curator at the Smithsonian work on homoeroticism in Spartan military, he left nuk po ndihmonin aspak, ata ua paraqitën problemin kohë.

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