don’t forget that the Garand itself was a fairly groundbreaking design as one of the first widely adopted semiautomatic battle rifles

I haven’t read the Terror but from your description you could probably apply the same criticisms to Hyperion

Personally I thought that Hyperion as well as Ilium were both excellent, but his writing and narrative style is definitely unique and not everyone’s cup of tea

the development of writing in sumer is irrelevant to someone studying the history of europe

it's generally accepted to be a regional term. prehistory in mesopotamia is not the same as prehistory in europe

it's really just a shame that they gave him a platform instead of finding an actual archeologist or historian

it's not like his narrative is what makes those places interesting

Coconuts have a high tolerance to salt water

The idea is to incentivize trained scientists through grants while discouraging amateurs and treasure hunters. In most cases the latter can do more damage than good. See Egypt as a case study

It’s to stop treasure hunting for profit. So while that might work once you probably wouldn’t get away with it a second time

It’s probably pretty obvious in most cases. Hard to explain why you’re digging holes in random locations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia_Fund

a "terrorist group"

yeah that isn't true

What terrorist group would that be?