Charles Thomas Newton Quotes:
Ocupation: Archaeologist
Life: September 16, 1816 - November 28, 1894
Birthday: September 16
Death: November 28
Man's history has been graven on the rock of Egypt, stamped on the brick of Assyria, enshrined in the marble of the Parthenon-it rises before us a majestic presence in the piled up arches of the Coliseum-it lurks an unsuspected treasure amid the oblivious dust of archives and monasteries-it is embodied in all the looms of religions, of races, of families.
source: Charles Thomas Newton (2010). “Essays on Art and Archaeology”, p.1, Cambridge University Press
topic: Science, Men, Race, Parthenon, Coliseum
