Halet Çambel

Turkish fencer and archaeologist.

Born August 27th, 1916 in Berlin.

Died January 12th, 2014 at 97 years old in Istanbul. [ref]

Occupations
Hittitologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, fencer, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde