[kitchen]

Several new findings support a view held by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus — but unpopular among archaeologists — that the Etruscans originally migrated to Italy from the Near East.

I wish I had a dollar for every time current discoveries support Herodotus. Truly the father of history.

[SunkenCiv]

I guess these archaeologists being discussed in the article have never heard of a people — say, hypothetically, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes of the 5th century AD — up and leaving their homeland by boat and settling in an entirely different land, and producing a significantly different hybrid culture. :’)

[curmudgeonII]

I wish I had a dollar for every time current discoveries support Herodotus. Truly the father of history.

Herodotus is also called the father of liars.