Lady Hester Stanhope
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British socialite, adventurer and traveler. Her archaeological expedition to Ashkelon in 1815 is considered the first modern excavation in the history of Holy Land archeology. Her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists."
Read more about Lady Hester Stanhope: Biography, Journey To The Near and Middle East, Archaeological Expedition, Life Amongst The Arabs, Memoirs
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