There are other problems with archaeology on this side of the pond which I have discussed in the past. Destruction of sites for buildings and roads, co-opting the info for white supremacy, and colonialist attitudes are present here too.
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It’s different but, I recommend Mairead Carew’s book on Tara and the Ark of the Covenant. Goes into how the British Israelites believed the Ark of the Covenant was buried in the Hill of Tara.
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They proceeded to wreck the site in the name of their awful anti-Semitic, anti-Irish British imperialism. They believed that Britain (ruled by the English) had the right to rule Ireland as the Irish were inferior in their eyes.
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They believed they were descended from the lost tribe of Israelites but hated Jewish people all the same. I read their books, they are awful and also nonsensical.
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But they destroyed a site of heritage in Ireland for the sake of their bullshit. The damage is visible today. Who knows what they tossed out in their haphazard digging.
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This was all during the turn of the 19th c. There were protests, attempts to stop the dig, but nothing worked and they were allowed by the landowner to dig.
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I recommend that book though. Very interesting esp from the perspective that this was happening during a time when Irish nationalism was on the up, and not too long before the Easter rising.
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If anyone is subsequently interested in this sort of thing, and if you are in the mood to get angry about Irish archaeology then check out the Wood Quay excavations and the M5 project near the Hill of Tara.
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