"As we live today, we constantly throw things away, so it is even more astonishing that things survive."
Curator of Egyptian art Dorothea Arnold marvels at the survival and preservation of cultural artifacts in today's culture of obsolescence.
Connections: Survival
Curator of Egyptian art Dorothea Arnold marvels at the survival and preservation of cultural artifacts in today's culture of obsolescence.
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