the Lost Matrix
(continued)
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The Archaeologist
with a Thousand Faces "From often humble beginnings, and often with a childhood fascination for antiquity, the archaeologist leaves familiar surroundings to undergo exacting professional training under a series of mentors and when armed, at last, with the intellectual weapons of the profession, sets off for unfamiliar or exotic realms, braving opposition and danger to solve an ancient mystery. The lives of… real-life archaeologists… have lent themselves to this style of retelling… as have such fictional heroes as John Cullinane (Michener 1965) and Indiana Jones." — From "Promised Lands and Chosen Peoples: The Politics and Poetics of Archaeological Narrative," by Neil Asher Silberman, pp. 249-262 in Nationalism, Politics, and the Practice of Archaeology, edited by Philip L. Kohl and Clare Fawcett, Cambridge University Press, paperback, published Feb. 8, 1996. |
From Today in History,
by the Associated Press:
Thought for Today:
"Character consists of what you do
on the third and fourth tries."
— James Michener,
American author (1907-1997),
attributed by
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
to Chesapeake, Random House, 78.
The Matrix:
First try:
On Linguistic Creation
June 25, 1999
Second try:
Art Wars: Picasso's Birthday,
Oct. 25, 2002
Third try:
Matrix of the Death God,
May 25, 2003
Fourth try:
Happy Birthday,
July 26, 2004