Jeanne's comments (member since Jan 17, 2008)

Jeanne's comments from the History is Not Boring group.

I love documentaries but I try to avoid historical films because they always disappoint me! They always historically wrong.

I'm new to this site but wanted to put forward a question or rather a discussion. When the new 7 Wonders of the World were announced last years, some people where very upset about the Great Pyramids of Giza been removed from the list and given an honourary mention, especially Dr Hawass. Actually I would go further and say he was outraged by this. He went on a rant about who should be the ones to decide what is a wonder of the world yada yada yada... Eventually he ended up saying something about why people shouldn't be allowed to decide on such issues because 'The masses don't write history!'...I studied Egyptology for two years and I'm not a fan of the man and I was completely gob smacked by this statement.

What do you think?

I am about to read 'Big Questions in History.' It is edited by Harriet Swain and features Big questions in history and answers by scholars.