Institute of Classical Studies Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Friday July 14, 2017 at 16:30 in room 234

*Re-Imagining Nineteenth Century Nile Travel and Excavation for a Digital Age: the Emma B. Andrews Diary Project* Sarah Ketchley (University of Washington)

Between 1889 and 1914, Mrs. Emma B. Andrews traveled the Nile with millionaire lawyer turned archaeologist, Theodore M. Davis, and was present when he discovered 18 of the 42 tombs now known in the Valley of the Kings. Her as yet unpublished diaries are a significant resource for the history of archaeology and Egyptology during this period. This paper will discuss the development of an extensive historical and biographical database based both on Emma’s record and related archival material, and the subsequent development of data visualizations of contemporary social networks and interactive digital maps recreating Davis’s excavations and archaeological finds.

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Full abstract: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017-07sk.html

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