Dr David Livingstone may have lied about his famous account of a slave market massacre, a new study into a faded 140-year-old diary has suggested.
Researchers have uncovered new evidence from the diary, which suggests he may not have been telling the whole truth about his first-person account of the 19th-century massacre in Africa.
Historians say the well documented account helped lead to the closure of one of the continent's most notorious slave markets.
But now an international team of academics have used spectral imaging technology to decode Livingstone's long-illegible field diary, suggesting it hints that his own men may have participated in the atrocity.
Experts believe the text casts a negative new light one of history's most famous explorers and may change people's view of Livingstone.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...-famous-account-of-slave-market-massacre.html
Researchers have uncovered new evidence from the diary, which suggests he may not have been telling the whole truth about his first-person account of the 19th-century massacre in Africa.
Historians say the well documented account helped lead to the closure of one of the continent's most notorious slave markets.
But now an international team of academics have used spectral imaging technology to decode Livingstone's long-illegible field diary, suggesting it hints that his own men may have participated in the atrocity.
Experts believe the text casts a negative new light one of history's most famous explorers and may change people's view of Livingstone.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...-famous-account-of-slave-market-massacre.html
