Who Did It?

Which Egyptian archaeologist worked on and helped supervise a dozen excavation projects in Egypt, Palestine, Transjordan, and Turkey during the early 20th century? Answer: Labib Sorial Labib Sorial was a Coptic Christian from Luxor. In 1917, he graduated from Assiut College in Egypt, and he was soon hired by Clarence S. Fisher, an archaeologist with the Penn Museum, to assist him in excavations at Dendereh and Memphis. Fisher had been seeking someone versed in both Arabic and English, and Sorial came highly recommended. Eventually, Fisher began to train him in surveying and drafting, skills he would employ on many later […]