Accidents of an Antiquary's Life

The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (18621927) was when he died keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society whose gold medal he was also awarded. This 1910 book is his account of various episodes in his career from 1897 when he covered the Cretan revolt against Turkey for The Times to his 1907 excavations in Asyut Egypt. A mixture of travel writing and archaeological reporting the volume also contains an academic report on the excavation of Carchemish this book a follow-up to his A Wandering Scholar in the Levant (also reissued in this series) and intended for a popular audience remains a highly readable account of the practicalities behind Hogarth''s intellectual career. It also provides background to Hogarth''s political involvement with the Near East as acting director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo during the First World War and an attendee at the Versailles peace conference.