Quotes about Archaeology

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THE BARROW In this high field strewn with stones I walk by a green mound, Its edges sheared by the plough. Crumbs of ani — Anthony Thwaite
Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts avai — Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman
...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, st — Howard Carter, Tomb of Tutankhamen
The geologist takes up the history of the earth at the point where the archaeologist leaves it, and carries it further b — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, The Arctic Home in the Vedas
It's interesting to see that people had so much clutter even thousands of years ago. The only way to get rid of it all w — Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Human history has become too much a matter of dogma taught by 'professionals' in ivory towers as though it's all fact. A — Graham Hancock
Discover how to visit the past and bring yesterday's stories into our lives today — Gillian Hovell, 'Visiting the Past'
Somewhere beyond Tibet, among the icy peaks and secluded valleys of Central Asia, there lies an inaccessible paradise, a — Victoria Le Page
Archaeological discoveries made in Egypt and in the Near East in the past hundred years have opened our eyes to a spirit — Samuel Noah Kramer
If you find that you're going through hell, keep moving. You will get to the end eventually. — Kimberly Brouillette, Abram's Journey: Quest for the Man in the Stars
I'm not reinventing myself. I'm finding myself. There's a difference! — Michele Jennae
We all have a god and a poet inside us. The poet, the human; the god, the divine.It is by the grace of our god that we c — Michele Jennae
Where can one buy a lit of that *Right Stuff* bravado required to shrug off the fact that your airplane is now a convert — Josh Gates, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter
Petra is a brilliant display of man's artistry in turning barren rock into a majestic wonder. — Edward Dawson
Life, like that water droplet, is everlasting and imperishable. There is only a transition, never an end ! — Rajib Mukherjee, Partho, the Unconventional Investigator: The mystery of the missing bags
Elizabeth sank into the leather wing chair in the library of her mind and began to read. — L.J.M. Owen, Olmec Obituary
It is curious why anybody should pooh-pooh a study of fossils or various forms of rocks or lava. Such things grant us ou — Ernest Vincent Wright, Gadsby
Archaeology digs the Bible’s grave. — Steve Dustcircle
Some sinister secret lay buried in the heart of the graveyard! — Rajib Mukherjee, Partho, the Unconventional Investigator: The mystery of the missing bags
I have a habit of being an archaeologist of my own past, a sentimental collector of personal artefacts which may at firs — Agnes Chew, The Desire for Elsewhere