For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources.
Michael RostovtzeffAbout author
- Author's profession: Historian
- Nationality: ukrainian
- Born: November 10, 1870
- Died: October 20, 1952
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