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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
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Egyptologist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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