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12 hours ago · Mallowan was named its first director and remained throughout his tenure and after, keen to emphasise the BSAI’s ‘closest collaboration with the British Museum, thereby continuing a partnership which began with Layard in the middle of the last century’ (Mallowan, 1966, p. 15). Mallowan remained the BSAI’s director until 1961 and later became its chairman from 1966 until 1970, and president from 1970 until 1978.
4 days ago · Rows of identical windows line the two upper floors, thin columns anchor the porch roof above the central entrance, and single-story wings bookend the central block. The rooms have been restored to how they looked in the 1950s when Christie and her second husband, archeologist Max Mallowan, spent their holidays and summers here.
12 hours ago · Die beiden Schnitzereien wurden 1952 bei Ausgrabungen unter der Leitung von Max Mallowan in einem Brunnen gefunden, was sicherlich ihre gute Erhaltung erklärt. Hierhin gerieten sie wahrscheinlich im Jahr 612 v. Chr., als die Stadt von den Babyloniern und Medern geplündert wurde. Die beiden Arbeiten schmückten wahrscheinlich ursprünglich ein ...
2 days ago · Christie might have been known as the Queen of Crime, but she was also interested in history and the past and went on several archaeological digs with her second husband, Max Mallowan. During the Festival of Archaeology, there is a chance to see some of the items found on their own digs, as well as learning more about archaeology in general.
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1 day ago · Mallowan returned with his wife Agatha Christie to carry out further digs at Nimrud in the postwar period which secured many important artefacts for the museum. The collection of Palestinian material was strengthened by the work of Kathleen Kenyon at Tell es-Sultan (Jericho) in the 1950s and the acquisition in 1980 of around 17,000 objects found at Lachish by the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932–1938.
4 days ago · A 1981 version of The Seven Dials Mystery from London Weekend Television starred Harry Andrews as the Superintendent. Murder is Easy has been adapted for television three times (1982, 2008, 2023), with each one omitting the character of Battle given his minor role in the plot. The Secret of Chimneys was adapted as a 2010 episode of the series ...
