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Born February 24, 1897 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died July 16, 1954 (aged 57) • London • England
Subjects Of Study Mesopotamia • ancient Egypt • Mesopotamian religion • ancient Egyptian religion • civilization
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Hormuzd Rassam
Assyriologist
Leonard Woolley
Sir Leonard Woolley
British archaeologist
Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Austen Henry Layard
British archaeologist
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Paul-Émile Botta
French archaeologist
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John Lloyd Stephens
American archaeologist
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Edward Herbert Thompson
American archaeologist
Pyramid of Menkaure
George Andrew Reisner
American archaeologist
Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum.
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist
blunted pyramid
Snefru
king of Egypt
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John Garstang
British archaeologist
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Ramses IV
king of Egypt
Mariette
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist
Belzoni, oil painting by W. Brockedon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Italian archaeologist
Howard Carter wearing a suit, bow tie, and tall top hat, poses for a formal portrait.
Howard Carter
British archaeologist
Horemheb
Horemheb
king of Egypt
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Claude-Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer
French archaeologist
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Ernest de Sarzec
French archaeologist