Annie Abernethie Pirie Quibell

As a young woman, she originally trained as an artist and her work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy.

In 1895, Pirie was chosen by Petrie to join his field team in Egypt at Saqqara and the Ramesseum, Thebes.

They first fell in love while both were suffering from a bout of ptomaine poisoning from eating bad food while on excavation.

[9] She produced short guides to the Pyramids at Giza[10] and the Saqqara tombs which were originally published in Cairo.

[2] Annie's archaeological drawings are still used by researchers and students, and can be viewed at the Ancient Egypt Rediscovered Gallery[13] of the National Museum of Scotland.