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\u00a0 \u00a0 I have to admit in advance that, without having seen her book, I\u2019m inclined to be sympathetic. \u00a0For one thing, I rather like it when outsiders (e.g., Michael Ventris, with Minoan Linear B) stir things up in seemingly settled fields. \u00a0For another, I\u2019ve always disliked it when scholars assume\u00a0that ancient people were fools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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