Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
V. Gordon Childe
Born: April 14, 1892
Died: October 19, 1957 (aged 65)
Bio: Vere Gordon Childe, better known as V. Gordon Childe, was an Australian archaeologist and philologist who specialized in the study of European prehistory.
Known for:
- Man makes himself (1936)
- What happened in history (1942)
- New light on the most ancient East (1928)
- Dawn of European civilization (1925)
- The bronze age (1930)