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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

T.E. Lawrence and Carchemish

 


Intrigue and archaeology. Indiana Jones has nothing on Lawrence. The Hittites. 

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/lawrence-in-arabia-from-archaeologist-to-spy-1914/


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/sep/04/research.artsandhumanities


https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/jerablus-and-the-land-of-carchemish/



Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence in their excavation house at Carchemish, c. 1912.


http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Carchemish.html

 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchemish

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