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Date
- 1923-03-03 (Creazione)
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8 pages
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Nota biografica
British Egyptologist. Born, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania 1874. Died, Haywards Heath, Sussex 1928. Educated, St Edward's School, Oxford, then Keble College, Oxford. BA, 1895. Worked with W. M. F. Petrie at Dendera, Hû, and Abydos, between 1897-1901. Assisted G. A. Reisner on the California University excavations at Gîza, 1901-6. From 1906 onwards, he spent of the rest of his career working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, culminating in the position of Associate Curator in 1922. He founded and directed the first Metropolitan Museum expedition to Egypt. Between 1922-4 he was engaged as an assistant to H. Carter during the early stages of excavating of the tomb of Tutankhamun. He was forced to resign this position due to poor health. He published several books and articles and collaborated with Carter on the first volume of the publication The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen (1923).
Storia archivistica
Formerly in the possession of Mace's daughter, Mrs Margaret Orr, then her children, David Orr and Alison Crawford.
On loan from Mace's grandchildren, David Orr and Alison Crawford.
Modalità di acquisizione
Donated by David Orr and Alison Crawford, in May 2022.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
A. C. Mace's account of the opening of Tutankhamun's Burial chamber (manuscript)
- Manuscript
- Written on 2 folded sheets of Cataract Hotel, Assouan (Aswan) headed notepaper
- Dated 3 March 1923
- Written a few weeks after the opening of the Burial chamber, which took place on 16 February 1923
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Unità di descrizione collegate
- TAA iv.1 (later typescript version)