[SunkenCiv]

Jean Hardouin site:freerepublic.com

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[ClearCase_guy]

The concept is still around. From wikipedia:

Anatoly Fomenko is a supporter of drastically revising chronological history. He has created his own revision called "New Chronology", based on statistical correlations, dating of zodiacs, and by examining the mathematics and astronomy involved in chronology. Fomenko claims that he has discovered that many historical events do not correspond mathematically with the dates they are supposed to have occurred on. He asserts from this that all of ancient history (including the history of Greece, Rome, and Egypt) is just a reflection of events that occurred in the Middle Ages and that all of Chinese and Arab history are fabrications of 17th and 18th century Jesuits. He also claims that Jesus lived in the 12th century A.D. and was crucified on Joshua's Hill; that the Trojan war and the Crusades were the same historical event; and that Genghis Khan and the Mongols were actually Russians. As well as disputing written chronologies, Fomenko also disputes more objective dating techniques such as dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating (see here for an examination of the latter criticism). Some Russian scientists considered Fomenko's historical works to be pseudoscientific. His historical books include Empirico-statistical Analysis of Narrative Material and Its Applications and History: Fiction or Science?.

[Condor51]

According to Hardouin, the majority of classical Greek and Roman literature had not been produced by Greek and Roman authors. Instead, it had been forged during the Middle Ages by a group of Benedictine monks.

Close but no cigar Hardouin.
If it wasn't FOR the monks₍₁₎ it would have been lost, but they didn't 'forge' it.

I can't recall if was the Benedictines, but Monks in 'England' were involved in copying the 'Classics'. (The History Channel is never wrong)

[Mr. Jazzy]

Sounds to me like this joker would fit right in with the “9/11 Truthers” morons.

[KarlInOhio]

The Roman Colosseum? It is just the unfinished outside of the Hollywood set NASA used to fake the moon landing.

[SunkenCiv]

Reminds me also of the “Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare” delusion.

[JoeProBono]

[ApplegateRanch]

It was part of a 13th Century Rosicrucian plot, instigated by the Illuminati, brought forward by the Masons, implemented by the Templar Crusaders, as an attempt to falsify legitimate Islamic claims to Palestine.

Also, in a major part of the plot, they rewrote 47% of The Bible to falsely insert fake Joooooooo claims to the Holy Islamic City of Jerusalem, Eternal Capital of Dar al Islam....

That's the Muslim Brotherhood's story, and they're sticking to it.

[Squawk 8888]

Reminds me a bit of this.

[FourPeas]

How fortuitous that this would come up while I was looking for good resources to teach two bouncy boys about ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome! I'll tell them it was all a joke and we can go on to something more fun — perhaps embellishing the conspiracy theory with our own ideas.