Olga Tufnell's "Perfect Journey": Letters and Photographs of an Archaeologist in the Levant and Mediterranean

by John D.M. Green (Editor), Ros Henry (Editor)

Overview

Olga Tufnell (1905-85) was a British archaeologist working in Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, a period often described as a golden age of archaeological discovery.

For the first time, this book presents Olga's account of her experiences in her own words. Based largely on letters home, the text is accompanied by dozens of photographs that shed light on personal experiences of travel and dig life at this extraordinary time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787359055
Publisher:	U C L Press, Limited
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Pages:	454
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

John D.M. Green is associate director of the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan. Ros Henry was Olga Tufnell's assistant at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London.

Table of Contents

List of figures List of maps Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on the letters, photographs and illustrations
List of principal persons
Maps
1. Introduction
2. Qau el-Kebir, Egypt, 1927
3. Tell Fara (South), 1927–9
4. Cyprus, 1929–30
5. Tell el-‘Ajjul, 1930–2
6. Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): the first season, 1932–3
7. The journey home overland, 1933
8. Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): second, third & fourth seasons, 1933–6
9.Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish): fifth & sixth seasons, 1936–8
Epilogue
Biographical Index
Index of places

Editorial Reviews

"As any archaeologist will tell you, being an eyewitness to discovery, especially something that might rewrite history, is a special thrill. This was the case for Olga Tufnell, a British archaeologist who worked on three major digs in southern Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s: Tell el-Far‘ah (South), Tell el-‘Ajjul, and Tell ed-Duweir (ancient Lachish). Her letters and photographs from this time are presented in a new book, Olga Tufnell’s ‘Perfect Journey’, sharing aspects of dig life, travel, and personal and professional networks"

Bible History Daily

"A much-needed real life contemporary perspective."

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