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https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/iconoclasm-of-the-vanities-why-we-are-destroying-statues/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/iconoclasm-of-th
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https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/iconoclasm-of-the-vanities-why-we-are-destroying-statues/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/iconoclasm-of-the...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/28/the-darkening-age-the-christian-destruction-of-the-classical-world-by-catherine-nixey https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/28/the-darkening-... [Note: this article accepts as factual late-Christian exaggerations of Roman persecution.]
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-egyptian-statues-broken-noses https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-egyptian-statu... [Note: this article confuses details about worship of Amun.]
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoNone of your links are to actual scholarship on Christian treatment of pagan infrastructure. If a person asks for a citation about a historical claim, it’s polite to point to something from a university press, instead of mere popular-journalism articles which are hardly more trustworthy than an HN comment.
- angiosperm 3y agoScholars know how to do their own searches. Popular articles are more accessible to the people who need the help.