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• The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented. Alfred Chan
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• So what we can answer [as geneticists] is questions about biology, about biological ancestry. But to make any sense of that historically we have to contextualize it -- the archaeology, the linguistic pattern, even the climatology, Spencer Wells
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• It`s very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery. Zahi Hawass
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• I`m not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it`s palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past. Penelope Lively
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  Keywords: an :: any :: archaeology :: aspect :: but :: can :: get :: historian :: interested :: it :: not :: obsessively :: of :: or :: palaeontology :: past :: recent :: the :: very :: whether :: with

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• The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in the void by making use of preconceived theories...Archaeology, then, does not supply us with certitudes, but rather wi... Igor Stravinsky
  Author: Igor Stravinsky Quotes

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• Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been. Ada Louise Huxtable
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• Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it`s truth you`re looking for, Dr. Tyree`s philosophy class is right down the hall. George Lucas
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  Keywords: archaeology :: class :: down :: dr :: fact :: for :: hall :: if :: is :: it :: looking :: not :: philosophy :: re :: right :: search :: the :: truth :: tyree :: you

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• As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end. Michel Foucault
  Author: Michel Foucault Quotes

  Keywords: an :: and :: archaeology :: as :: date :: easily :: end :: invention :: is :: its :: man :: nearing :: of :: one :: our :: perhaps :: recent :: shows :: the :: thought

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• We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans. John Lehman
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  Keywords: an :: archaeology :: are :: capsules :: deep :: enormous :: era :: in :: new :: oceans :: opening :: the :: time :: up :: we

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• In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. Adrienne Kennedy
  Author: Adrienne Kennedy Quotes

  Keywords: archaeology :: cover :: diplomacy :: in :: known :: the :: uncover :: unknown :: you

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