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Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
(29 Jul 1951 - )
English historian and archaeologist who was Director of the British School at Rome (1995-2009). He presented BBC TV documentaries on the ancient cities of Herculaneum, Athens and Rome.
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Science Quotes by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (2 quotes)
If an ancient city survives to become a modern city, like Naples, its readability in archaeological terms is enormously reduced. It’s a paradox of archaeology: you read the past best in its moments of trauma.
— Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
As quoted in Doug Stewart, 'Resurrecting Pompeii', Smithsonian Magazine (Feb 2006)
Man is wreaking a damage far greater than Vesuvius. The moment of Pompeii’s destruction was also the moment of its preservation. The public needs to understand that unless constant efforts are taken to arrest the decay, the site will, within decades crumble to nothing.
— Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Expressing concern about the deterioration of Pompeii, in T. Hurley, P. Medcalf, et al., Antiquity 3 (2005), 65.
See also:
- Herculaneum: Past and Future, by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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