James Henry Breasted
Also known as: J. H. Breasted · H. J. Breasted
James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian.
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James Henry Breasted: Howard Carter
As Breasted scouted future archaeological sites and visited antiquities dealers, he came to know many of the British political figures and scholars working in Egypt. These included Gertrude Bell, Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Allenby, and the Arab leader Faisal, who would become king of Iraq.
James Henry Breasted: Opening Tutankhamun’s Tomb, 1922
Other experts also volunteered their services: Alfred Lucas, a chemist for the Antiquities Service, whose expertise would be a great help in the conservation effort; James Henry Breasted and Alan Gardiner, two of the foremost scholars of the Egyptian language of the time, to translate any texts discovered in the tomb; and Percy Newberry, a specialist of botanical specimens, and his wife Essie, who helped conserve textiles from the burial.