Lady Hester Stanhope by Joan Haslip
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Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776 – 1839) was a British socialite, adventurer and traveller.Her archaeological expedition to Ashkelon in 1815 is considered the first modern excavation in the history of Holy Land archeology, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists".
In 1803, she came to the household of her uncle, William Pitt the Younger. In his position as British Prime Minister, Pitt, who was unmarried, needed a hostess.
Lady Hester came into possession of a medieval Italian manuscript copied from the records of a monastery somewhere in Syria. According to this document, a great treasure was hidden under the ruins of a mosque at the port city of Ashkelon which had been lying in ruins for 600 years.
In 1815 lady Hester traveled to the ruins of Ashkelon on the Mediterranean coast north of Gaza, and persuaded the Ottoman authorities to allow her to excavate the site. This resulted in the first archaeological excavation in Palestine.
Her expedition and the findings in the excavation follows in this biography.
Heron Books, London, in the serie Women Who Made History, 1970. Hardback. Publisher's olive faux leather, gilt and white titles, rule, and designs on the spines and front boards, gold-painted green endpapers, and gold ribbon markers. 327 pp. Lavishly illustrated. Quite rare. Small wear of usage, but no actual remarks on this copy.
Only sold in Sthlm for cash due to previous scams.
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