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“Amid ancient surfaces densely spangled by myriad artefacts, fireplaces are like archaeological wormholes, bridging the impossible chasms of time separating us from long-vanished dwellers. ”
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
“Look through shadows, listen beyond echoes; they have much to tell. Not only of other ways to be human, but new eyes to see ourselves. The most glorious thing about the Neanderthals is that they belong to all of us, and they're no dead-end, past-tense phenomenon. They are right here. In my hands typing and your brain understanding my words. Read on, and meet your kindred.”
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
“Let’s finish our shared journey through these pages by letting your guard down. Push against the impossible, and perform a quantum shift back in time to the Pleistocene. Close your eyes and pick a world: a grassy plain under cool winter sun; a warm forest track, soft loam underfoot; or a now-sunken rocky coast, gulls’ cries salting the air. Now listen, step forward, she’s here […]Neanderthal. Human. Kindred.”
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
― Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
“For the moment – an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by – I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand in suspense any longer, inquired anxiously "Can you see anything?", it was all I could do to get out the words "Yes, wonderful things”.”
― The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
― The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
“The plan was, naturally, flawless. All truly ingenious plans are flawless at the moment of their conception; their defects become apparent only later, when they encounter reality, which has an unfortunate tendency not to cooperate.”
― Special Assignments
― Special Assignments
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