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Show Dangers Faced by Archeoioglsta Very real are the dangers arche-ologists arche-ologists often must risk. In Egypt they face sudden sandstorms, fierce heat; In Tibet, suspicious, hostile natives; in Central America, disease dis-ease and deadly snakes; in most places, ordinary thieves, seeking valuable Jewels of other civilizations. civiliza-tions. Yet their diggings have added page after page to ancient history, brought to light many interesting facts. Some . of these: There were cities of half a million inhabitants in prehistoric times; Cretans, 4,000 years ago, had bathrooms much like modern ones; Roman boys scrawled slang on house-walls 2,000 years ago. |