“It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The nearer we approach them, the more remote they seem: the more we study them, the more we have yet to learn. Time augments rather than diminishes their everlasting novelty; and to our descendants of a thousand years hence it may safely be predicted that they will be even more fascinating than to ourselves. This is true of many ancient lands, but of no place is it. so true as of Egypt.”
Quote by Amelia B. Edwards
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Amelia B. Edwards
Amelia B. Edwards was a British novelist and Egyptologist, born on June 7, 1831, and died on April 15, 1892. She is renowned for her historical novels and her substantial contributions to the study of ancient Egypt. more
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