Definition: British archaeologist and cuneiformist R. Campbell Thompson was an Assyriologist, excavating at Nineveh, Ur, and Carchemish among many other sites. Long associated with the British Museum, Thompson was a teacher of T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), and of Max Mallowan, who later married mystery writer Agatha Christie.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
