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BAR Cartoon Caption Contest
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Be sure to include your name and address. The deadline for entries is August 21, 2006. The author of the winning caption will receive a BAR T-shirt, a Dead Sea Scrolls mug and three gift subscriptions to give BAR to friends. Runners-up will receive a BAR T-shirt and two gift subscriptions.
Definition of “Archaiology”
In Samuel Johnson’s monumental dictionary, composed between 1746 and 1755, he defined archaeology (spelled “archaiology”) merely as “a discourse on antiquity.” Henry Hitchings, in Defining the World,a tells us that “in Johnson’s mind, and in the estimate of most of his peers, it [archaeology] was associated with the quaint antiquarianism of dilettanti, and was an amateur pursuit, not a science.” The science of archaeology did not begin until the 19th century.
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What Is It?
A
Ancient Egyptian birdhouse
B
Phoenician saw handle
C
Bronze door knocker from Gaul
D
Ancient boomerang
E
Ceremonial axe head
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