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Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE, FBA, FSA (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he trained in archaeology under Leonard Woolley at Ur and under Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh.
May 2, 2024 · Sir Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist who made major contributions as an excavator and educator. After receiving a degree in classics at New College, Oxford, he began his long career as a field archaeologist. His excavations were carried out in the Near East, at first as assistant to Sir.
Sep 3, 2021 · Updated 3rd Sep 2021, 13:10 BST. Agatha Christie with Max Mallowan c.1931 celebrating their marriage aboard a Nile steamer in Egypt. This rarely seen picture of Agatha Christie and her second...
Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie.
Feb 10, 2022 · As the wife of Max Mallowan, a British archaeologist who led digs in Syria and Iraq, Christie often accompanied her husband on his trips to the Middle East, all while she was at the peak of her...
Mar 21, 2019 · After a devastating divorce, the crime novelist took a trip to Baghdad in 1928 and lost her heart—to the ancient sites of Iraq and archaeologist Max Mallowan.
Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he trained in archaeology under Leonard Woolley at Ur and under Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh.
Apr 2, 1978 · Sir Max became the Secretary for AngloTurkish War Relief, but after a year the now distinguished archeologist joined R.A.F. intelligence and saw active service in, of course, the Middle East ...
BIOGRAPHY. Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology, University of London, 1947–62. President, British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1970–78. Archaeologist on staff of the British Museum Expedition to Nineveh, 1931–32; later leader of many other archaeological expeditions. Author of Nimrud and Its Remains and others. Primary Contributions (1)
Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, 1904–78, British archaeologist, educated at Oxford. He participated in the British Museum–Univ. of Pennsylvania excavations at Ur (1925–30) and Nineveh (1931–32), both in present-day Iraq.
