Richard Miles (historian) quotes

But archaeology [...] often acts as a parallel narrative to history: if you start digging with a textbook in your hand, you are soon going to get confused. You have to be comfortable with the idea that there are many different versions of history. (Richard Miles (historian))
There are winners and losers – and human will created the world we live in. View quote
Richard Miles (historian)
Civilisation as a term suggests human agency. [...] It is the way in which people have articulated how and why they wanted to live in communities. It's about how we imagine the perfect community. [...] I think the most ambitious thing humans have ever done is deciding to live together with people whom they didn't know in cities. It's really difficult to build a community, to learn to celebrate difference and to live harmoniously together, and we fail all the time. View quote
Richard Miles (historian)