ismailmatthewOct 27, 20223 minBodmin, Cornwall and E. A. Wallis BudgeWhen people read that E. A. Wallis Budge was born as the illegitimate son of a country girl in Bodin, Cornwall, in 1857 they don't...
ismailmatthewAug 23, 20221 minIraqis Who Sold Ancient Tablets to the British MuseumNadia Ghanem of SOAS recently published a very interesting article about Joseph Svoboda, a 19th and early 20th century Iraqi who made a...
ismailmatthewAug 15, 20221 min"From Bastard to Knight of the Realm: The Spectacular Success Story of Sir Ernest Wallis Budge"The anthropologist, African traveler, and writer Geoffrey Clarfield recently published an excellent article on Wallis Budge: Magic and...