Mallowan, Max E.L.

Mallowan, Max E.L.
(1904-1978)
   A renowned English archaeologist who significantly advanced modern studies of ancient Mesopotamia and the ancient cultures of neighboring regions. Mallowan received an education in classics at oxford University and soon afterward launched his distinguished career by serving from 1925 to 1931 as an assistant to the great Charles Leonard Woolley in the groundbreaking excavations at the site of the major Sumerian city of Ur. It was while working at Ur that Mallowan met the famous English mystery writer Agatha Christie. Though she was fourteen years older than he, they fell in love and married. From 1932 to 1938, Mallowan directed excavations at several previously obscure ancient sites in Mesopotamia and then went on to work at the better-known ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud. Later, between 1947 and 1961, he served as director of the prestigious British School of Archaeology. Mallowan was also knighted by the British queen in 1968. He wrote several important books, including Twenty-Five Years of Mesopotamian Discovery (1956).

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