Ancestors

Archaeologist, historian, and founder of Classical archaeology at UChicago;
Professor of Classical Archaeology, 1893-1918
Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1888-1889

Professor of Anthropology, 1965-2000;
Renowned archaeologist of Paleolithic Spain;
UChicago PhD

Founder of the Oriental Institute;
Faculty member 1894-1935;
Noted Egyptologist and
intrepid leader of expeditionary projects;
First professor of Egyptology in the US;
First archaeologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences;
Honored by the American Historical Association's annual James Henry Breasted Prize.

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New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

Tell Edfu, Egypt

Cyprus

Surezha, Iraqi Kurdistan

fieldwork projects

New Orleans

Tell Edfu, Egypt

Cyprus

Surezha, Iraqi Kurdistan

fieldwork projects

New Orleans

Cyprus

New Orleans

Cyprus Project

Cyprus Project

ancestors

Frank Bigelow Tarbell, 1853-1920

Leslie Freeman, 1935-2012

James Henry Breasted, 1865-1935