Carchemish
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Carchemish, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mita
Early Hittite carving found by T. E. Lawrence and Leonard Woolley (right) in Carchemish
T. E. Lawrence and Leonard Woolley (right) in Carchemish, Spring 1913
Basalt lion head from the monument to King Katuwa at Carchemish, now in the British Museum
Yariri (r.) and Kamani (l.), resp. regent and future-ruler of Carchemish
T. E. Lawrence
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Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First
Carchemish
…1914 full excavations were conducted under the direction of D. G. Hogarth. In 1911 on the field there were D. G. Hogarth himself, R. C. Thompson, and T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), from 1912 to 1914 C. L. Woolley and T. E. Lawrence, while a last campaign took place in 1920 with C. L. Woolley and Philip…
Lawrence in 1918
Lawrence's birthplace, Gorphwysfa, in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire
The Lawrence family lived at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford from 1896 to 1921.
Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence at the excavation of Carchemish, c. 1912