Word: aegean
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last night Dr. Coolidge lectured in Sanders Theatre on the situation in Crete and the East. He gave in detail the history of the island, its geographical character and importance as a strategic point at the entrance to the AEgean. Its inhabitants in the main are Greeks, purer Hellenic than those on the mainland...
Nearly all are acquainted with the career of Dr. Dorpfeld. From Greece itself through the islands of the Aegean Sea to the coast of Asia Minor there is scarcely a place of interest with which he has not made himself familiar. He was trained as an engineer and architect. From 1877-1881, under appointment from the German government, he assisted in the excavations at Olympia. Since then he has devoted all his energies to original investigations which have brought before the public with a vividness never before possible the glories of ancient Greece. After his work at Olympia he carried...