Historical Characters: Sylvanus Morley
Explorer, Archaeologist, Esoteric Linguist, Secret Agent #53, Eccentric Professor, Finder of Rare Antiquities. Yes, you’re about to meet the archetype.
There are some books that are dangerous for young people to read as they cause them to dream of places far away, close to the edges of reality, where logic and fact are replaced by imagination and whimsy.
Some of them, so inspired, spend their adult lives in pursuit of that fleeting "otherness" in exploration …