Archaeology Quote by Mortimer Wheeler Download Open image “Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows.” — Mortimer Wheeler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Archaeology Blow Dust
In a simple direct sense, archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be "seasoned with humanity." Dead archaeology is the driest dust… — Mortimer Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Some people have goodness and merit buried deep inside and we glimpse it and see its value but ultimately it's covered by so much… — Kelli Jae Baeli Copy Share Image
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of… — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
You know, many people believe that we archaeologists are just a collection of old fogies digging around in the ruins after old dried up… — Griffin Jay Copy Share Image
“Sifting through an urn of cremated remains you cannot tell if a person had successes, failures, grandchildren, felonies. “For you are dust, and to… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
“The dust that fell unnoted as a dew, Wrapped the dead city's face like mummy-cloth” — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
In a simple direct sense, archaeology is a science that must be lived, must be "seasoned with humanity." Dead archaeology is the driest dust… — Mortimer Wheeler Copy Share Image
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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… — Zahi Hawass Copy Share Image
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future. — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
“Biological evidence indicates that man, evolving with his food plants, developed horticulture and agriculture in both hemispheres at a time which may well have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On the whole, mental archaeology was a sordid digging proposition. The evil men did endured, the good was infinitely more ephemeral. You could generally… — Helen Kieran Reilly Copy Share Image
On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one archaeologist has found his… — Millar Burrows Copy Share Image
“...If she were studying Orciny, and there might be excellent reasons to do so, she'd be doing her doctorate in Folklore or Anthropology or… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
