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"The is one of the world's best-known cuneiform inscriptions and at the same time one of the most famous archaeologica…"

"Within the field of Assyriology the royal cuneiform libraries of , the Assyrian capital city, have no parallel for si…"

"... I think the ultimate issue about ghosts is human arrogance. The ultimate, ultimate point is that I am me — the gr…"

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"... I have still never seen a ghost for myself, even in the shadier vaults of the British Museum, where the ancient d…"

"In contrast to mourning and burial, it is the deep-seated conception that some part of a person does not vanish forev…"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

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