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Schliemann "noticed that most of the ...homes in the village of Negada incorporated a...dovecot housing 500 to 1000 pigeons. These were kept...for the pigeon dung they produced which fetched high prices...Reckoning the pigeon population of the village to be 700,000, Schliemann wondered whether the crop losses from the adjoining fields...did not outweigh the profits from selling the dung."
On holiday in Egypt 1886
— Mar 15, 2014 02:30AM
On holiday in Egypt 1886
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"'When I am writing, I often feel a great need for a nap and at night, about once a week, I have a complete erection, so that I can satisfy my wife, but since I have not produced a drop of semen for the past 5 months, I have absolutely no joy in the act'. Virchow suggested Bavarian beer and cold showers, both in moderation'
Schliemann-Virchow correspondence 1880
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Schliemann-Virchow correspondence 1880
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"I hurried up and reproached the workmen for removing [the door sill] when it was forbidden to do so. Mr Schliemann, who happened to be there, began to insult me coarsely. Unable to control my temper, I replied with similar insults. later his wife came up and began to abuse me in front of the workers, saying I was illiterate and fit only to conduct animals and not archaeological excavations."
Mycenae, 1876
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Mycenae, 1876
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"the doctor affirms you will be cured if you become pregnant" wrote Schliemann (aged circa 47) to his 2nd wife (aged circa 20) with regard to her hysteria in 1870...
— Mar 13, 2014 06:28AM