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
Mallowan (third from left) with the 1928-29 Ur expedition staff.
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
Max Mallowan
…1978) 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 and Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh. He then directed a number of archaeological expeditions sponsored by the British Museum and the British…
Woolley in 1915
Woolley (right) and T. E. Lawrence with a Hittite slab at Carchemish during excavation, between 1912 and 1914.
Woolley in Syria, 1912