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Veronica Seton-Williams was born in Melbourne, Australia, the daughter of Seton Gordon Nixon Williams (1856–1927), a lawyer, and Eliza Mary (Ellie) Staughton (1875–1947). As a child she was taught to hunt, and made money selling rabbit pelts. She also learned Judo, which she said came in
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She learned to speak Arabic in order to supervise Arab workmen on dig sites. Riots and civil disturbances sometimes disrupted the work and one of her fellow archaeologists,
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Seton-Williams taught
Egyptian and Mesopotamian archaeology for 25 years at the University of London, during which time she frequently collaborated with colleagues
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During the Second World War she worked as an ambulance driver and in the Postal
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She initially enrolled for a degree in Egyptology, under professor
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She completed her PhD on Syrian
Archaeology in 1957. Among her associates in Europe were her cousin
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R. Janssen, "The First
Hundred Years: Egyptology at University College London, 1892–1992", 1992, 38
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and John
Waechter on field projects in Cyprus, Syria and Turkey. She also taught Egyptology at the
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817:"The Excavation of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Barkhale Down, Bignor Hill, West Sussex"
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handy later in life when she was working in the Middle East. Her maternal grandfather was
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Review of Egypt and the East
Mediterranean World, 2200 to 1900 B.C. by William A. Ward.
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with J. d' A. Waechter. (1938) Journal of the
Palestine Oriental Society. 18,172-85.
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Review of Treasures of the Cairo Museum by Edward L. B. Terrace and Henry G. Fischer.
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Painted Pottery of the Second Millennium from Southern Turkey and Northern Syria.
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Britain and the Arab States; a survey of Anglo-Arab relations, 1920-1948.
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in Sussex, using the digs as training for extramural students from
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515:(1971) The Antiquaries Journal LI, 1971. London: 1970, 338-339.
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M. L. Bierbrier (eds.), "Who was who in Egyptology", 2012, 503
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Artefacts of Excavation British Excavations in Egypt 1880-1980
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M. V. Seton-Williams, "The Road to El-Aguzein", 1988, 23, 113.
790:"Excavations in Whitehawk Camp, Brighton, Third Season, 1935"
521:(1974) The Antiquaries Journal, LIV, 1974. Beirut: 1971, 316.
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M. V. Seton-Williams, "The Road to El-Aguzein", 1988, 95-96.
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Le Tresor de Toutankhamon, la fombe dans la Vallee des rois.
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The Excavation at Tell Rifa'at: Second Preliminary Report.
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Third Report on the Excavations at Sakje-Genzi, 1908-1911.
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Review of Principles of Egyptian Art by Heinrich Schafer.
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In 1949 Seton-Williams worked on renewed excavations at
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Australian anthropologist and archaeologist (1910-1992)
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Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Tell Rifa'at.
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She was educated at home until 1925 when she attended
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M. V. Seton-Williams, "The Road to El-Aguzein", 1988.
203:(1934–1936) with Wheeler, and went on to excavate at
497:(1966) Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 53, 146-155.
491:(1966) Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 52, 163-171.
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The Road to El-Aguzein: BlueGuide to Egypt. 2nd ed.
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509:(1968) Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 55, 5-22.
479:(1965) Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 51, 9-15.
467:(1954) Journal for Anatolian Studies. 4, 121-174.
695:"1969 Tell el-Fara'in | Artefacts of Excavation"
397:London/New York: Kegan Paul International, 1988.
379:London: Privately published by the author, 1984.
772:Newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research
567:Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology
359:Swan‘s 600-mile Nile cruise handbook. 10th ed.
483:The Town of the Cobra Goddess of Lower Egypt.
288:Between 1958 and 1961 she led excavations at
191:In 1934, she moved to England to study under
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560:"Marjory Veronica Seton-Williams 1910-1992"
438:Neolithic Burnished Wares in the Near East.
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477:The Tell El-Fara'in Expedition, 1964-1965.
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432:Excavations at the Wadi Dhobai, 1937/38.
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270:(1964–1968), where she worked alongside
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452:with J. du Plat Taylor and J. Waechter.
662:Gilruth, Margaret (20 November 1938).
155:and then Egyptology and prehistory at
920:20th-century British women scientists
895:Academics of the University of London
728:"Obituary, Veronica Seton-Williams".
489:The Tell el-Fara'in Expedition, 1966.
331:She published in English and French.
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223:(1937–1938). She also worked with
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403:London: The Rubicon Press, 1989.
391:London: The Rubicon Press, 1988.
367:Paris: Editions Princesse, 1981.
355:Paris: Editions Princesse, 1979.
940:Australian emigrants to England
880:Australian women archaeologists
664:"Girl braves rigours of desert"
495:The Tell el-Fara'in Expedition.
485:(1966) Archaeology. 19, 208-13.
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885:University of Melbourne alumni
507:The Tell El-Fara'in Expedition
465:Report on the Cilicean Survey.
450:The Excavations at Sakce Gozu.
361:London: Swan (Hellenic), 1980.
323:when she died on 29 May 1992.
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145:Veronica Seton-Williams
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641:"Archaeological quest"
415:London: Rubicon, 1993.
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630:Curwen (1936), p. 61.
201:Maiden Castle, Dorset
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373:London: Benn, 1983.
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347:Ptolemaic Temples.
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