Probably not “oldest political assassination in history,” just what we’ve found so far.
Wholeheartedly agree. S/B "oldest known political assassination". Also, I appreciate their forensic "crime scene" approach, and its accepted practice, use of which made it possible. It's amazing that an archaeological find from the (I think) 19th century was so professionally excavated, but that's the Germans for ya. Well, other than Schliemann -- he contributed mightily to archaeology, but at Hissarlik he wound up making himself in the Chainsaw Massacre Archaeologist. However, his assistant Dorpfeld straightened out the whole mess and imo came to the correct conclusion (that Troy VI was the "Iliad" layer).