Archaeological Quotes

13 quotes from 12 authors

Archaeology reminds us that every dig uncovers answers and new questions, and this set of 13 voices highlights those paradoxes. If you crave dives, explore collections on education, political leadership, and Virginia’s broader history. These pages flesh out the context hinted by the brief quotes.

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Going to the Kuiper Belt is like an archaeological dig into the history of the solar system.

Alan Stern

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I would really love to go on an archaeological dig.

Megan Fox

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“There are only a few really high-profile archaeological cultures in the world: Egypt and the Maya.”

Douglas Preston

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“Engage in a loving archaeological dig back to yourself. Let all that is not yours within you fall away until only your…

Jewel

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I keep being surprised by the amount of archaeological sites and features that are left to find all over the world.

Sarah Parcak

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I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and…

Camille Paglia

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Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Russell Hoban

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As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

Zahi Hawass

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The importance of recovering the customs and the institutions of the past thus inaugurating the archaeological approach to art.

Raja Ravi Varma

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One of the things that I love to do is travel around the world and look at archaeological sites. Because archaeology gives…

Nathan Myhrvold

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We have so many issues with overpopulation and urbanization and site looting. And this isn't just Egypt. This is everywhere in the…

Sarah Parcak

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Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are…

Marija Gimbutas

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Archaeology is a science, and like all sciences, has its limitations. For one, archaeological discoveries made in the past centuries have been…

Randall Price

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