Walter Bryan Emery
Walter Bryan Emery (1903 - 1971) was a British Egyptologist. Born and educated in Liverpool, his early field work included excavations at Amarna in 1923. He worked on later excavations at Nubia, Luxor and Thebes, Egypt between 1929 and 1934. At Saqqara he made the significant discovery of a "zoo" of mummified animal remains. He excavated the mysterious X group of tombs at Ballana and Qustol dating to the 3rd to 6th century AD. He was assisted in his work by his wife, Molly.
Works
Emery published a number of works, including:
1938 The Tomb of Hemaka, Cairo
1939 Hor-aha, Cairo
1949 Great Tombs of the First Dynasty I, Cairo
1954 Great Tombs of the First Dynasty II, London
1958 Great Tombs of the First Dyansty III, London
1961 Archaic Egypt, Edinburgh
1962 A Funerary Repast in an Egyptian Tomb of the Archaic Period, Leiden
He was made chair of Egyptology at the University of London in 1951.
References
- Hutchinson Encyclopedia 1990