Аннотация: The Fairy Tale of how Heinrich Schliemann became an archaeologist
The Fairy Tale of how Heinrich Schliemann became an archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann earned the big capital from trade and decided to be engaged in investments.
He arrives to the country rich with oil and gold. Settles in hotel. He goes outside.
On a street political passions are developing.
Some supporters consider that it is necessary to manage of oil, adhering to certain principles. And supporters of other political direction believe that it is necessary to govern of a natural wealth in an other way.
Shliman refers to some passerby with the question: "How to get to the business center?".
The passerby was surprisingly polite and sociable person:
- Heinrich Aristovich! I have relatives much. Could you give me your house and your land plots?
Heinrich Schliemann was slightly surprised:
- And if I ask you to give to me your's kitchen?
- So not to whom to you to leave [by inheritance] your property, - the passerby reacted and went further down the street.
Schliemann's mood changed. He went back to the hotel and thinks:
"Perhaps this kind man made me understand that it is better to give away the property voluntarily than to think about the prospects of the transfer of property by inheritance."
"If the first passerby, met by me, offers me to give my property to him and his many relatives, the investment issues do not seem relevant to me. The theme of the "right" use of natural resources goes by the wayside. Not a favorable business climate!"
"What if to be engaged with archaeology? As a child, I read my the father's purchased "The World history for children" by G. L. Herrer... I will begin to dig Troy... There will be a favorable business climate. I will take with myself a good reserve of quinine. If, on the Hill of Hisarlik will appear the fans of the other's property, they will be bitten by malarial mosquitoes. And - I am not guilty."
Heinrich Schliemann started preparation of the Trojan archaeological expedition.
January 25, 2019 08:03
Translation from Russian into English: January 25, 2019 09:05.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Сказка о том, как Генрих Шлиман стал археологом".