
Ladies of the Field
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The Nile's Grand Dame
Amelia Edwards (1831-1892)
Noah's Ark - A good poem by 7 - No one to say no - the Dolomites - Lady 'L' - Voyaging on the Nile - Pyramids and other wonders - Abu Simbel - Responding to a threat - Egyptology - The fund - To break a leg - Revelations
All Dressed Up in a Man's Suit
Jane Dieulafoy (1851-1916)
In a man's suit - Tomboy - Meeting Marcel - Being a solider - Partnership - The first excavations - Persia - The Lion Frieze and glory of Susa - Rejection - Paris saloons and a yawn - Down south - Writing about it all - Back to the field - Fever - On being married
Mexico's Archaeological Queen
Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933)
Queening at the table - Gold Rush - A special picture book - Alphonse and Nadine - Terracotta heads - The big fair - Mr. Boas - Casa Alvarado - Lost things - The Island of Sacrificios - Fury - Fame - A return to light
Oh, Desert Tiger!
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)
Catching the eye of a star - Growing up with gardens - Family matters and letters home - School days - Languages and leaving - The field - Pretty things - Petra - Days melt like snow - (lost) Love - Death and reflections on adventure
Just Like a Volcano
Harriet Boyd Hawes (1871-1945)
Inside a volcano - Athens by bicycle - Nursing - Across the wine dark sea - Digging in Crete - Donkeys at a Trot - Gournia - The Headhunter - Now, the kitchen - Babies & books - A rumbling wake
Archaeology's Big Detective
Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
M is for mystery - Girls? They should run wild - Ashfield - Coming out in Cairo - Mrs. Christie - Around the world - The bad year - Vanished - Orient Express - Meeting Max - Le Camping - Khabur Valley - A detective's eye - Tell me
Like a Glass of Stony White Wine
Dorothy Garrod (1892-1968)
Archaeology's new voice - family of science - three brothers - Abbé Breuil - Human origins - A tiny skull in her hands - Mount Carmel - Sherry Sabbath - Deafening! - Hello Cambridge - Ancient beaches - The Amazons have broken down the gates at last
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