“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.” SometimesValuesWrittenInformationSourceImportanceIndependentHistoricalIllustrationArchaeology Author:Michael Rostovtzeff
“We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.” WritingHelpingArchaeologyLearning How To Write Author:Michael Rostovtzeff
“For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.” LongImportantWarPoliticalAccountsCrisisHistoricalNarrativeConfinedPolitical LifePolitical History Book:A history of the ancient world Source: A history of the ancient world