Archaeology is the peeping ... by Jim Bishop, an American Journalist

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“Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.”

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Name: Jim Bishop

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Nov 21, 1907

Date of Death: 1987

Profession: Journalist

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