For as long as there has been civilization,
children have played with dolls. Wooden dolls
with bead hair have been found in Egypt, and
terracotta ones from Greece and Rome. Since
dolls are traditionally made mostly from
perishable material like cloth, most do not
survive past the youth of their owners. This
wide-eyed effigy must once have been the prized
possession of some child living in the sunset of
the Classical world. Many generations of children
have grown up since then, yet such an object still
has the power to touch our hearts.
- (SF.135)
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