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Walter Bryan Emery

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British egyptologist (1903-1971)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1903 to 1971 · aged 67
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Walter Bryan Emery, CBE, was a British Egyptologist. His career was devoted to the excavation of archaeological sites along the Nile Valley. During the Second World War, he served with distinction as an officer in the British Army and, in the immediate aftermath, in the Diplomatic Service, both still in Egypt.

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Walter Bryan EmeryWalter Bryan EmeryThe crown of a local Nubian king who ruled between the collapse of the Meroitic dynasty in 350 or 400 AD and the founding of the Christian kingdom of Nubia in 600 AD. Found in Tomb 118 at Ballana in Lower Nubia by Emery.The crown of a local Nubian king who ruled between the collapse of the Meroitic dynasty in 350 or 400 AD and the founding of the Christian kingdom of Nubia in 600 AD. Found in Tomb 118 at Ballana in Lower Nubia by Emery.

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Fellow of the British Academy
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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United Kingdom
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1971 · aged 67
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11 languages

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