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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 was trained for archaeology by Leonard Woolley at Ur and Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh.
Jul 20, 1998 · 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.
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.
Max was a specialist in Middle Eastern history, and had gained experience working as an apprentice at the site of Ur (beginning in 1925), considered to be one of the earliest known civilizations in world history and birthplace of Abraham. Max worked at Ur under the archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley three years after Woolley began.
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)
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 ...
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...
Sir Max Mallowan was Agatha Christie’s second husband and an eminent archaeologist in his own right. The marriage between Sir Max Mallowan and Dame Agatha Christie was one of unusual distinction – a union between the most celebrated exponent of the detective novel and an archaeologist of world renown whose discoveries in Mesopotamia rank ...
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