Word: hathor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Kirsopp Lake, who is leading an expedition excavating the ancient Egyptian temple Hathor, was seriously injured when he was bumped by a camel during a caravan journey to Serabit it was learned at Harvard yesterday...
From a utilitarian standpoint alone this policy is wise, since the University achieves immeasurable prestige from these quiet triumphs. A discovery such as that made recently by Professor Lake's expedition in the Sinai Peninsula, when the tomb of the Egyptian goddess Hathor was unearthed, brings to an institution of learning the credit to which its efforts entitle it. Present day science has reached the stage where much of the most vital work is done far from the cloistered museums and libraries. Like bread cast upon the waters, the support given Harvard to its globetrotting expeditions is repaying the University...
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