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Man is by nature a creature of the present. It is only by an effort that he can consider the future, and it is often quite impossible for him to give any heed at all to the past.

Arthur Weigall

Dead men are not useless; and the excavator must not cheat the world of any part of its great prerequisite. The dead are the property of the living, and the archaeologist is the world's agent for the estate of the grave.

Arthur Weigall

Nothing is more paralyzing to a student of archaeology than continuous book-work. A collection of facts is an extremely beneficial mental exercise, but the deductions drawn from such a collection should be regarded as an integral part of the work.

Arthur Weigall

The true archaeologist does not take pleasure in skeletons as skeletons, for his whole effort is to cover them decently with flesh and skin once more and to put some thoughts back into the empty skulls.

Arthur Weigall

An archaeologist must be a historian. He must conjure up the past; he must play the Witch of Endor. His lists and indices, his catalogues and notebooks, must be but the spells which he uses to invoke the dead.

Arthur Weigall

Archaeology is too often considered to be the pursuit of weak-chested youths and eccentric old men; it is seldom regarded as a possible vocation for normal persons of sound health and balanced mind.

Arthur Weigall

Arthur Weigall

Arthur Weigall

Born: 1880

Died: January 3, 1934 (aged 54)

Bio: Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall was an English Egyptologist, stage designer, journalist and author whose works span the whole range from histories of Ancient Egypt through historical biographies, guide-books, popular novels, screenplays and lyrics.

Known for:

The paganism in our Christianity (1928)
The treasury of ancient Egypt (1912)
A guide to the antiquities of Upper Egypt (1910)

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