Therefore, the beliefs of ancient writers cannot be taken as evidence in the same way as the finding of archaeological evidence can. If Egyptians or Phoenicians had permanently colonized Greece, it is likely that someone would have found the remnants of Egyptian or Phoenician buildings, as well as Egyptian writing, tombs, and other physical evidence of their colonization activities. One would expect that if there was an Egyptian influence in the origins of Greek civilization, the Greeks may have built in the Egyptian style, instead of creating a completely unique style of architecture. There has been no evidence discovered that would indicate a large scale, permanent Egyptian or Phoenician colonization. Martin Bernal does a very good job of analyzing the sociological forces that influenced the creation of the "Aryan" model, however, the fact that the Aryan model has been misused is not evidence that disputes the idea that Greek civilization was the result of Indo-Europeans migrating from the north. In fact, the only hard evidence as to the origins of Greek civilization comes from linguistic evidence, which supports the "Aryan" model. And evidence is important when it come to history, whether the evidence is linguistic or physical, evidence matters. Bernal is a sociologist by trade and while

Social forces may be non-physical forces, but people leave behind physical evidence when they exist and Bernal could use some. For instance, if Bernal could find the undisputed remains of an Egyptian temple on the Greek mainland and was able to date it to the correct time period, then he would have physical evidence to support his contention and would not have to rely on rhetorical arguments to sway people to believe his theory. It is the lack of any real physical evidence for the "revised Ancient" model that leads many, including myself, to put my faith in some version of the "Aryan" model in which Indo-Europeans migrated into Greece from the north bringing with them their culture and language.
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