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Post by UKarchaeology on Apr 4, 2016 18:25:53 GMT
 University of Bristol researchers say this bullet was fired by Lawrence of Arabia - and they insist it is proof his memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom is trueLawrence of Arabia's epic tales of war in his memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom may have been proven true by researchers at the University of Bristol.Archaeologists investigating battle locations detailed the world-famous book, which has long been subject to doubt, have found a bullet in the Arabian desert which they say was fired by Lawrence himself. The spent bullet was recovered at the site of the 1917 Halat Ammar train ambush, at the border of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, during work led by Bristol University experts Professor Nicholas Saunders and Dr Neil Faulkner. Together they have been leading a 10-year project excavating battle-grounds across the Arabian desert. "The bullet we found came from a Colt automatic pistol, the type of gun known to be carried by Lawrence and almost certainly not used by any of the ambush's other participants," said Prof Saunders. Researchers insist the find quashes claims that Lawrence fabricated stories in his memoir. They say other findings from their fieldwork also confirm the truth of the text. Full story: www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bullet-discovered-University-Bristol-researchers/story-29048867-detail/story.html |
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Post by UKarchaeology on Apr 4, 2016 18:48:03 GMT
Another article on the matter; Bullet indicates Lawrence of Arabia was no liarA bullet fired by Lawrence of Arabia during one of his most famous acts of guerrilla warfare has been discovered in the Arabian desert by a team of archaeologists, led by the University of Bristol, confirming the accuracy of Lawrence's own account of the attack in his war memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The spent bullet was found at the site of the 1917 Hallat Ammar train ambush – immortalised in a scene in David Lean's Oscar-winning biopic Lawrence of Arabia – during fieldwork by Bristol's Professor Nicholas Saunders and Dr Neil Faulkner, and colleagues, as part of the Great Arab Revolt Project (GARP). The project has excavated dozens of sites across the Arabian desert associated with the 1916-1918 revolt by Arab forces against the Ottoman Turks, then allied to Germany. T.E. Lawrence – later known as Lawrence of Arabia – served as a liaison officer with the rebel forces, an experience he described in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Professor Nicholas Saunders said: "The bullet we found came from a Colt automatic pistol, the type of gun known to be carried by Lawrence and almost certainly not used by any of the ambush's other participants." While several of Lawrence's biographers have accused him of embellishing his stories, nothing the archaeologists found at any of the sites they excavated supports this view. Full story: phys.org/news/2016-04-bullet-lawrence-arabia-liar.html |
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