Ghosts of the British Museum Quotes

“It was 2015 and I was researching a story in Jordan. Abdel, my guide through Wadi Rum, had a loud belly-laugh that erupted each time his trusty white Toyota truck bounced over a sand-dune. He teased me for wearing the seatbelt and mocked me for clutching the sides of the seat. He had grown up in this desert, showed me his favourite spots, and took more photographs on his phone than me. 'Every time I look, the desert has changed,' he explained, more in love with his land than anyone I have met.”
― Noah Angell, Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

“telling of ghost stories serves as a way of mapping the pain that is lodged in the land, and of paying tribute to those who have gone on, and yet are still with us.”
― Noah Angell, Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects