Beneath The Sands Of Egypt (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
It happens a lot in science, often for the better, and the new findings sometimes take on a priority all their own. For example, while I was conducting my study of ancient Egyptian cordage in the British Museum, one of the specimens caught my attention in a special way. It bore the museum registration number EA 45189, was constructed from three strands of twisted papyrus fibers, and was about half a meter in length. Most interesting was its source—it was noted as having come from the excavations of David Hogarth at a site called Asyut. Even with my interest in the history of Egyptian archaeology, I had heard neither of Hogarth nor of any such excavation. When questioned, Harry James had at least a partial answer. Hogarth was a scholar commissioned in 1906 to conduct excavations on behalf of the British Museum, and since he was neither an Egyptologist nor did he publish the results of his work, his actual efforts were essentially unknown. He did, however, return from Egypt with hundreds of objects that are a valuable addition to the museum’s collections.
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