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...work on inscriptions and ancient coins led to Frye's recent publication of The History of Ancient Iran...
...Frye, an ancient historian, does have views on Middle Eastern problems of today...
...When you find the [funerary] inscriptions you make a latex imprint of the stone, and then you have to hold it up to the light or to a mirror to read, because it is backwards," Frye says. "The scrolls can tell you a lot about the customs and history of an area...
Because information about the ancient Middle East is so limited, Frye says that he must rely on ancient pottery, tools, spears, and even coins to gain information about Persia and Central Asia...
...fact, the emphasis on this crime and killing mode of historical analysis, Frye believes, is the root of many problems in the Middle East today...