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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...
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...
Sir Max Mallowan died at his old home in Greenway in Devon on 19 August 1978 at the age of 74. He was a Founder Member of the British Institute of Persian Studies and had been President of
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)
In this short interview, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan talks about how he first met Agatha Christie, who was already a famous author, when he was ordered to take her along on his dig at the...
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.
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This is the first full-length biography of Sir Max Mallowan (1904-78), archaeologist and husband of Agatha Christie. Trained by the great Leonard Woolley at the site of the royal...
Agatha Christie visits archaeologist Max Mallowan after saving his life following an attempted murder.
