Annie Pirie Quibell
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1861 - 1927
15 December 1861 – 26 December 1927
Egyptologist
Born in Aberdeen, Annie Pirie was one of the first women in Britain to study Egyptology. She trained as an artist in Paris, and in the 1890s moved to London to study with the archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie. She left a lasting legacy through her illustrations and recording of excavations in Egypt.
During the 1880s there was intense public and academic interest in ancient Egypt. Flinders Petrie had revolutionised archaeology with new methods in dating finds at excavations of Egyptian prehistoric sites. In 1895, he invited Annie to join his excavations in Egypt. For the next 30 years she worked in Egypt and during that time met her future husband, James Edward Quibell. Together the pair excavated several key sites, including one of the earliest temples in Egypt, at Hierakonpolis. Annie used her artistic skills to illustrate the finds and document the sites. In later life she published several books on Egypt, including a popular guide to the Pyramids of Giza.
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