Author: Susan Biddle. This is the third of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the first of two looking…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the second of two looking at the impact that the intense work and isolated living conditions at Arabah el-Madfunah…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of two looking at the impact that the intense work and isolated living conditions at Arabah el-Madfunah…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at the different solutions the team at Abydos adopted for dealing with dental crises, and at some of the…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at some of the accidents, both minor and major, that happened to Myrtle Broome and her colleagues at Abydos….
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at some of the illnesses, both minor and more serious, that afflicted the Abydos team, and how these were…
Author: Susan Biddle. “We have hospital parade most mornings. The people here get horrid boils, we usually give them a good dose of Epsom, Lysol…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post describes a typical working day for Myrtle Broome and the methods she and Amice Calverley used to record the relief…
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at “Sardic”, the head servant at Abydos, and the extraordinary range of his contributions to the success of the…
Author: Susan Biddle. In this post, learn more about “Nannie” — “a dear old soul [who] looks after us splendidly”. It was in Cairo in…