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I heard a museum guide in Cairo say most pottery shards get tossed in storage, so should we dig everything or just the pretty stuff?
She claimed only about 2 percent of finds ever get studied, which made me wonder if we are losing real history by chasing gold masks instead of broken bowls.
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rileyl9828d ago
That 2 percent number from your Cairo guide stuck with me because I always figured the shiny stuff was what mattered most. Now I'd say dig the boring shards too, since a broken bowl can tell you way more about daily life than some king's mask.
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