Friday, January 29, 2010

Debunking Afrocentrism & crackpot history

The Hall of Ma'at
(Weighing the Evidence for Alternative History)
http://www.thehallofmaat.com

Several topics are covered. On Afrocentrism see, e.g.:

"Stolen Legacy (or Mythical History?) Did the Greeks Steal Philosophy from the Egyptians?" by Mary Lefkowitz, Skeptic, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1994, pp 98-103.

"Afrocentrist Linguistics" by Mark Newbrook, updated version of an article originally published in The Skeptic (Australia), Vol. 19:2, 1999, pp 18-23.