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"An Artist in Abydos explores Myrtle Broome, one of the greatest copyists to work in Egypt during the twentieth century. Lee Young expertly reconstructs Broomes life, using her detailed and engaging letters that captured everything about her life while in Egypt. Along with Amice Calverley, Broome spent eight seasons at Abydos, copying the exquisite painted reliefs in the Temple of Seti I. The resulting four-volume publication, The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, edited by Alan H. Gardiner, is devoted to the superb copies of the painted wall reliefs and remains one of the finest records of Egyptian temple art. An Artist in Abydos is a brilliant chronicle of an under-recognized female artist pursuing her dream during the golden age of excavation in Egypt.Melinda Hartwig, author of The Tomb Chapel of Menna (Tt 69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb
Lee Young has skillfully compiled, edited, and narrated a captivating selection of Myrtle Broomes letters home, written during her employment as an archaeological artist in Egypt of the 1920s1930s, just after the discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb. Through Myrtles intimate correspondence, the reader is quickly drawn into her fascinating daily life, work, and adventures in the Egyptian desert. Moreover, what shines through most in Myrtles observations, seen from her English middle-class perspective, is her humanity and deep affection for the ordinary people of Egypt.Reg Clark, author of Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids
"An Artist in Abydos is a step toward rescuing a minor character from oblivion and according Myrtle Broome the significance she deserves in the history of Egyptology."Jason Thompson, Bibliotheca Orientalis