Ranika, that is not surprising. Actual Chinese rule establishes from above, that the ancient Chinese culture evolved and adquired its high civilization degree without any Western influence, and from their 'West-phobia', those late findings threaten their cultural nationalistic 'independence'.

What one wouldn't expect is that many voices in the Western world also claim against these evidences, by similar reasons. Why?

You've surely heard about the Himmler's akward Nazi historical theories about a primitive arian brood of supermen raising in Europe and bringing all forms of civilization to all the world. These mad theories point that the Asian cultures -and also African and American thru Schliemann Jr.'s Atlantis fantasies- had been born from this influence, and that Tibetan mysticism was a remain of ancient arian spiritualism -hence the 1930's Tibetan expeditions payed from Nazi budget.

By unfortunate coincidence, the late findings prove an early contact of both Western and Eastern world, and the admision by many of Central Europe as the origin of Celtic cultures does not help at all. Now, many people is willing to look aside from anything that may be wrongly interpreted as a confirmation of Himmler's mystical, racial and historical deliriums, even if it's just a funny coincidence.

Curious -and sad- how modern world goes on and on creating the past to fit modern day interests, conventions and traumas.