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The latest flashpoint comes with the recent premiere
of the show Treasure Quest on cable's Discovery Channel.
"the Discovery Channel is cashing in on the
business of systematically looting shipwrecks"
in teaming up with Odyssey. "The artifacts that
Odyssey sells might inspire people to wonder
about what life was like on board a ship a few
hundred years ago when they played an integral
role in the rise and fall of nations, but getting real
answers about that history requires wrecks to be
scientifically excavated and analyzed. The results
have to be shared and debated so that they can
become part of the historical and archaeological
records. Otherwise the artifacts are just trinkets,
conversation pieces, or decorative touches on the
coffee tables of those who can afford them," writes
the magazine's Zach Zorich.
MORE:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-01-25-sunken-treasure_N.htm
all have a good un...
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of the show Treasure Quest on cable's Discovery Channel.
"the Discovery Channel is cashing in on the
business of systematically looting shipwrecks"
in teaming up with Odyssey. "The artifacts that
Odyssey sells might inspire people to wonder
about what life was like on board a ship a few
hundred years ago when they played an integral
role in the rise and fall of nations, but getting real
answers about that history requires wrecks to be
scientifically excavated and analyzed. The results
have to be shared and debated so that they can
become part of the historical and archaeological
records. Otherwise the artifacts are just trinkets,
conversation pieces, or decorative touches on the
coffee tables of those who can afford them," writes
the magazine's Zach Zorich.
MORE:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-01-25-sunken-treasure_N.htm
all have a good un...
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