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Amelia Edwards: The Founding of the Egyptian Exploration Fund and the Exodus

Greenburgh Pubic Library 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, NY, NY

Amelia Edwards was the driving force behind the creation in 1882 of the Egyptian Exploration Fund (EEF, now Egyptian Exploration Society). The story of this individual is a remarkable one. As a woman of no money and no formal training in Egyptology who had spent decades of her life in totally unrelated activities, her formidable […]