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We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past.

Heinrich Schliemann

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Heinrich Schliemann
Age: 68 †
Born: 1822
Born: January 6
Died: 1890
Died: December 26
Archaeologist
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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann
Nothing
Pleasanter
Relics
Digging
Spend
Imagine
Lives
Past

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