Mabel Bent
Anglo-Irish explorer, excavator, writer and photographer (1847-1929) · United Kingdom · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 82
Mabel Virginia Anna Bent, was an Anglo-Irish explorer, excavator, writer and photographer. With her husband, James Theodore Bent, she spent two decades (1877-1897) travelling, collecting and researching in remote regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Africa, and Arabia.
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The expeditions of Theodore & Mabel Bent, 1883-1897
Mrs. Bent and her camera, pre-1895
The statue of Vibia Sabina that Bent uncovered in Thásos (Istanbul Archaeological Museum)
Four scenes from Great Zimbabwe, based on Mabel’s photographs (photo: The Bent Archive)
Mabel’s own photos of some of the monoliths of Aksum, 1893
Mabel Bent pictured at a tower near Mohammad Gul, Sudan
Map of Arabia Showing the Routes of Mr. J. Theodore Bent
