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Howard Carter: Famous Archaeologist, Not-So-Famous Painter
"It isn’t often that we hear anything about English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter other than this groundbreaking discovery...
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True - he worked under Flinders Petrie, where he gained most of his archaeological training, but was employed as a tracer, thanks to his draughtsmanship, learnt from his father. His first tasks were...
Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine.
2. I can’t sleep
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"Put it in the basket. I'll read it later" The Duc de Pommfrit on receiving a note as he was about to be guillotined. ;) Either that wallpaper goes, or I do. ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30,...
A person called at my building today asking about the where abouts of a lady who used to live in the building but has moved some time ago. I told them that the lady had gone and I knew not where to....
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Don't think there are many European women here who are burglars.