re Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of ClassicalCivilization, Vo

100 years ago and more, there was a school which maintained there
were close connections between Insular Celtic and West Semitic. I do
not have the references to hand, but I recall the advocates of that
position included Sir John Rhys and Morris.

Any reference to their work (and others') in the Bernal book?

Best wishes,


Gordon
<gordonselway@...>

At 8:19 this morning Peter Gray wrote:

> >Greek and the IE languages around the Mediterranean Sea are ...
>strongly influences by the afro-asiatic >languages in their
>structure.
>
>I find that extremely hard to accept. There are some parallels
>between Afro-Asiatic and PIE, but I cannot think of a single example
>where AA could have influenced Greek or Latin.
>
>No doubt my scepticism is due to my ignorance.
>
>So could you give examples to support your claim, please?
>
>Peter