One of Harvard’s first and most accomplished archaeologists, George Reisner, A.B. 1889, Ph.D. 1893, Litt.D. 1939, came to Harvard from his native Indianapolis. By the end of his career, he had dug 23 archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan, revealing intricate gold jewelry, colossal statues, unique historical hieroglyphic inscriptions, carved and painted tomb chapel walls, and the countless everyday objects of the ancient Egyptians and Nubians (Sudanese).

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