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Throughout Riley's guided tour of the museum, be often paused for commentary on the acquisitive Gardner herself, accommodating her into his dualist scheme. He stressed that she was both a romantic wanderer who longed for emotional connection with art, as well as a scientific archeologist, who strove to understand art. He emphasized that her collection in intended to educate but is simultaneously an expression of her own artistic senses. Although it might appear to exist in pleasing disarray, it was actually thoughtfully and wittily designed...
...Archeologist here, eager to turn up Harvard's underground history, asked the administration to inform them of any utilities they planned to put in the ground...
Harvard's collection of Tun-huang wall paintings and sculptures in the Sackler Museum should also be considered an important case in the repatriation debate. The pieces were taken from Buddhist cave temples in northern China by Harvard archeologist Langdon Warner in a 1920 expedition. The ancient caves, now preserved by the Chinese government, are marred by gaping holes in the walls where the wall paintings and sculptures used...
...prisoners and guards, he sweated prodigiously, throughout his stay, from what must have been nervousness. He talked a great deal, in a way that at times made you think of a childlike rabbi or sweet, mysteriously innocent old Russian priest and at others times reminded you of an elderly archeologist in his comfortable classroom, musing and harking back...He pretended to enjoy the official opinion of the court, that he might be mad. 'I am the Rock,' he said thoughtfully, nodding. 'I am Captain Marvel...
...amateur archeologist himself. Benton explains that he wants to discourage future relic-hunters from destroying archeological information "We're not going to reward anyone who goes out and finds a treasure of the United States and digs it up himself," he says. "What we're talking about is a crude digger who has no respect: the net result is he probably destroys more than he saves," Benton adds...