there are some interesting bits & pieces strewn here & there in some of the 
early 19th-century/victorian texts i've been wading thru which sort of 
connect archaeology & ruins with the "momento mori" idea (Romanticism & all 
that) & sometimes knowledge in general to being evil; there was even a sly 
link between archaeology & necromancy, and interesting correlations between 
William Smith's work mapping the strata of england with medieval concepts of 
semiotix (mystic connections between signs and their meanings)...
i've also gained a certain affinity for the idea of orpheus going into the 
underworld, searching for "lost time"
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From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Influence of kids and religion on archaeological sites


> Gee, you mean we have all been digging our way to hell all these years?