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Christmas visitors

Christmas visitors

January 16, 2025
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. During their eight years working at the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Myrtle Broome and Amice Calverley welcomed many Egyptian, European,…

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Animals – 3: Cats

Animals – 3: Cats

August 12, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is one of a series looking at the animals that Myrtle Broome encountered during her eight seasons working in Egypt…

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Shoes and clothes – 3

Shoes and clothes – 3

March 26, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the third in a series looking at clothing. This instalment focuses on the clothes worn by the servants who…

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Water – 2

Water – 2

November 15, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the second of four relating to water. The first in the series focused on personal washing arrangements. This second…

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Learning Arabic – 6

Learning Arabic – 6

June 20, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is one of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the second of two looking at…

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