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The digger who will best observe and record his discoveries is precisely he who sees them as historical material and rightly appraises them: if he has not the power of synthesis and interpretation he has mistaken his calling.

Leonard Woolley

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Leonard Woolley

Leonard Woolley
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Born: April 17, 1880
Died: February 20, 1960 (aged 79)
Bio: Sir Charles Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first archaeologists to excavate methodically, and utilise records to reconstruct ancient life.
Known for:
  1. Excavations at Ur (1928)
  2. The Sumerians (1927)
  3. Digging up the Past (1930)
  4. Ur of the Chaldees (1929)
  5. The wilderness of Zin (1915)

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