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Leonard Woolley
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Sir Charles Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first modern archaeologists who excavated in a methodical wa
Woolley in 1915
Woolley in 1915
Woolley (right) and T. E. Lawrence with a Hittite slab at Carchemish during excavation, between 1912 and 1914.
Woolley (right) and T. E. Lawrence with a Hittite slab at Carchemish during excavation, between 1912 and 1914.
Woolley in Syria, 1912
Woolley in Syria, 1912
Max Mallowan
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Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan was a British archaeologist specializing in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he was trained for archaeology by Leonard Woolley at Ur a
Leonard Woolley
…Christie's novel, Murder in Mesopotamia, was inspired by the discovery of the royal tombs. Agatha Christie later married Woolley's young assistant, Max Mallowan. At Ur, the Woolleys discovered tombs of great material wealth, containing large paintings of ancient Sumerian culture at its zenith, along with gold…
Mallowan (third from left) with the 1928-29 Ur expedition staff.
Mallowan (third from left) with the 1928-29 Ur expedition staff.