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Nick Drake
“As dawn broke, and Ra rose above the horizon, returning light and life to the world, I saw rolling into the distance the famous Way of Horus, its red earth trodden down into a hard, wide, reliable surface by the feet of the countless men and soldiers who had marched it since the long-ago days the King Tuthmosis I.”
Nick Drake, Egypt: the Book of Chaos

Rebecca Wragg Sykes
“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.”
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Rebecca Wragg Sykes
“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.”
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

“Meanwhile the hawk was nearing completion, as was the giant steed, almost twenty feet high. After the tilting and feats of horsemanship, the hug animal was to approach the nobles in the pavilion, lower its massive head and open its mouth, out of which would tumble sweet and comfits, as well as gifts for the ladies. Beneath its caparison, a team of four men worked the cumbersome creature: one in the neck; the others below to move it along and guide it.”
John Pilkington, A Ruinous Wind: Discover a captivating Elizabethan mystery from John Pilkington

Rebecca Wragg Sykes
“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. ”
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

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