"In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy……" — Thomas R. Pickering

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• Archaeology is not a science, it's a vendetta. — Unknown Author
• Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class… — Unknown Author
• Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand… — C W Ceram
• The limitations of archaeology are galling. It collects phenomena, but hardly ever can isolate them so as to interpret scientifically;… — David George Hogarth
• On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one… — Millar Burrows
• Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman… — Edith Hall
• I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of… — Simon McBurney
• The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that… — Margaret Murray
• It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the… — Zahi Hawass
• Tedious as it may appear to some to dwell on the discovery of odds and ends that have, no doubt,… — Unknown Author
• Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are… — Jim Bishop
• Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future. — Joan D. Vinge

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