Amelia Edwards – An English novelist who became one of the first female Egyptologists and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society) in order to promote the research and protection of Egypt’s ancient monuments.The seven women whose lives are explored in Adams’ book are, in order of appearance: All of them were inspirational, courageous, and determined women who made names for themselves in a male-dominated field and helped shape the world around them. Some were mothers, some never married, some were devoted wives who worked alongside their husbands. Amanda Adams’ book Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure delves into the extraordinary lives of seven female archaeologists who, like Lara Croft, threw convention to the wind to travel to faraway lands in pursuit of knowledge and adventure.
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