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Irving Finkel is a gem. His talk “cracking ancient codes” is lovely too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYYraMgiBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYYraMgiBA
by hprotagonist 6y ago
Irving Finkel is a gem. His talk “cracking ancient codes” is lovely too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYYraMgiBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYYraMgiBA
- grumblepeet 6y agoI was telling a friend what a treasure Irving Finkel is, and she turned around and said “He’s my uncle”. England can be a small country sometimes.
- iNerdier 6y agoI saw him give a live talk at Boring Conference a few years ago and the way his beard quivers in person is really quite something. Extremely hard to not warm to the man immediately.
- wdb 6y agoLove to do that once with him! Don't think I have seen in him in the wild at the museum. I did see Tom Holland (the author) in Member's Room once