"Deep

in the timecrevasse,

in the

honeycomb-ice,

waits a breathcrystal,

your unalterable

testimony."

-Paul Celan

“When you do an archaeological excavation, you usually find what people left behind, their trash. But when you look at rock art, it’s not rubbish—it seems like a message, we can feel a connection to it.”

-Maxime Aubert

"When a cave supports a mountain on rocks deeply eroded from within, not made by human hand, but excavated to such size by natural causes, your soul is seized by a religious apprehension."

-Seneca

Sources: https://old.reddit.com/r/DilettanteryPodcast/comments/zd0ou9/36_two_beginnings_a_standard_history_of_modern/?