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Agatha Christie and Archaeology

From: The British Museum | Taught By: Henrietta McCall

In 1930, the famous crime and mystery writer Agatha Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan and accompanied him thereafter on all his excavations in the Middle East. In this seminar, Henrietta McCall, special curator for the "Agatha Christie and Archaeology" exhibition at the British Museum, retraces Agatha Christie's travels to the ancient sites, and explores how life on archaeological digs provided a constant inspiration and setting for many of her books.

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Objectives:

Connect Agatha Christie's mysteries to the excavations in the Middle East that inspired them.
Map the major British archaeological excavations of the 1930s.
List the major archaeological achievements of Max Mallowan, Agatha Christie's second husband.
Describe the social texture of train travel in the 1920s and 30s, and the role played by Wagon-Lits and the Orient Express.

Syllabus:

1. An Adventure on the Orient Express: Agatha Sets out in 1928
2. 1928-1930: The City of Ur
3. The Excavations at Nineveh, Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak; 1931-1939
4. The War Years and Beyond

Full description:

Agatha Christie is still, over 25 years after her death, one of the world's most successful authors. Her books are read in more than 100 countries and have been translated into 44 languages. But behind the famous name lies an unexpected story. In 1930 Agatha Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan (1904-78) and afterwards accompanied him on all his excavations in the Middle East.

In this seminar, Henrietta McCall, special curator for the Agatha Christie and Archaeology exhibition at the British Museum, retraces Agatha Christie's travels to the ancient sites, and explores how life on archaeological digs provided a constant inspiration and setting for many of her books.

But the inspiration was not one-sided: Agatha Christie's marriage to Max Mallowan did great service to the fields of both archaeology and crime writing: Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Appointment with Death were all inspired by visits to archaeological sites. Archaeology benefited as well: Max Mallowan's academic qualifications were only mediocre, but through his own enthusiasm and Agatha Christie's emotional, financial, and material aid, Mallowan helped to make major discoveries in Ur (northern Iraq) and Syria, as he recalls in Nimrud and its Remains.

About the professor:

Henrietta McCall - Henrietta McCall received her BA from Oxford University in Egyptology. She is special curator for Agatha Christie and Archaeology at The British Museum, and a member of the department of the Ancient Near East. She is the biographer of Max Mallowan, and the author of Mesopotamian Myths (1990).

Recommended reading:

The Life of Max Mallowan
McCall, Henrietta. Hardback.

Mesopotamian Myths (The Legendary Past)
McCall, Henrietta. Paperback.

Agatha Christie and Archaeology
Trumpler, Charlotte. Paperback.

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