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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 – 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 – 1

Shoes and clothes – 1

February 6, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of a series looking at clothing, and focuses on the day-to-day clothes worn by Myrtle Broome and…

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Water – 4

Water – 4

January 9, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the last of four looking at water, and focuses on the various wells and springs Myrtle Broome encountered on…

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Water – 3

Water – 3

December 5, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the third of four looking at water, and focuses on its management and distribution, from the Nag Hammadi dam…

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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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Water – 1

Water – 1

October 24, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of four looking at water, and focuses on the team’s personal washing arrangements at the Abydos dig-house…

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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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Learning Arabic – 4

Learning Arabic – 4

April 18, 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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