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Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

February 24, 2025
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s love of animals shines through many of her letters. This post is one of a series looking at the animals…

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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 – 6: Chickens

Animals – 6: Chickens

November 14, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is one of a series about the animals Myrtle Broome encountered during her eight seasons in Abydos (1929–1937). This instalment…

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Animals – 5: Animal dangers

Animals – 5: Animal dangers

October 16, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s love of animals shines through many of her letters, but she was also well aware of the dangers which animals…

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Animals – 4: Snakes

Animals – 4: Snakes

September 16, 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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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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Animals – 2: Camp dogs – 2

Animals – 2: Camp dogs – 2

July 23, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s love of animals shines through many of her letters. This post is one of a series looking at the animals…

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Animals – 1: Camp dogs – 1

Animals – 1: Camp dogs – 1

June 25, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s interest in animals, and love of dogs in particular, is clear in many of her letters. This post is one…

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Shoes and clothes – 5

Shoes and clothes – 5

May 21, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the last in a series looking at clothing. This one focuses on Myrtle’s sewing, initially mostly for mending, but…

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Shoes and clothes – 4

Shoes and clothes – 4

April 23, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the fourth in a series looking at clothing. This instalment focuses on the clothes worn by Myrtle Broome and…

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