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George A. Hoskins (1802-1863)

George A. Hoskins (1802-1863)

October 26, 2023
by Jen Turner
Griffith Institute

George A. Hoskins (1802-1863) was a trained barrister, writer, and traveler who visited Egypt and Nubia during the early 1830s and again in the 1860s….

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Howard Carter's diaries

Left London. 1.40pm. For Marseilles.

December 24, 2013
by Vincent Razanajao
Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation is the number one site for the original documentation created by Howard Carter following his discovery of the tomb of…

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My dear Gardiner

My dear Gardiner

November 28, 2013
by Vincent Razanajao
Tutankhamun

  In an aged “Newspaper Cuttings” album, compiled by the great Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner, one unexpectedly finds two envelopes neatly attached to a page,…

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