When I read about the two excavators, Schliemann and Evans, and how many people had more respect for the latter, I could not help but wonder what the two thought of each other.
Schliemann was older than Evans, and had begun excavating Hissarlik at age 49 when Evans was only 20 years old. Perhaps Evans thought of Schliemann has a sort of hero, someone to look up to. Maybe Schliemann even inspired Evans to excavate.
Schliemann, on the other hand, was already dead by the time Evans began excavating the Palace of Minos, so who knows if Schliemann ever had much of an opinion of Evans.
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