We never planned to live like that, later, as it happened, we became r — Sada Mire

"Sometimes the cattle are represented as necks or horns, a pictorial shorthand that was evidently sufficient to convey meaning."

"Its hard being an only child when you need all the help you can get. Im constantly aware that I need to be in many places at once. Of course, when I started studying archaeology, I had no idea that I would be like that."

"My parents tried to provide me and my siblings with a normal childhood, but we had to study in a school for orphans because other schools discriminated against us."

"The most dangerous thing in the desert is bad roads, and snakes are often found near monuments. I had a few unpleasant experiences with them. For example, in Dhambalin, I lay on my stomach to take pictures of the lower part of a panel with paintings. Suddenly I heard a hiss. There was a snake under a large rock next to my head. Terrified, I slowly started to move away on my stomach, and the equally scared snake disappeared between the rocks. Another time I almost peed on a rattlesnake well hidden in the sand. Since then, I have not gone out to the bush or the desert in the dark to urinate."

"Cultural heritage is a basic human right and need, like water, food, health and safety. In times of conflict, culture helps people not to lose their humanity. And in times of poverty, archaeological and cultural wealth can help create jobs, for example in tourism."

"Yet despite boasting a stable, grass-roots democracy, the country has"