Max von Oppenheim
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Baron Max von Oppenheim was a German lawyer, diplomat, ancient historian, pan-Islamist and archaeologist. He was a member of the Oppenheim banking dynasty. Abandoning his career in diplomacy, he disco
circa 1917
Reconstructed bird statue found at Tell Halaf (184 by 70 by 70 cm)
Statue of a male from the cult room at Tell Halaf, today at the Adana Museum, Turkey
Relief of a six-winged genius from the palace at Tell Halaf, confiscated by the US government in 1943, today at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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
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