Percy Newberry

[1] In 1884, on the invitation of Reginald Stuart Poole, Newberry began administrative work at the Egypt Exploration Fund, founded just two years previously.

Here he met a number of established Egyptologists, including Flinders Petrie, Amelia Edwards and F. L. Griffith, who acted as his mentor.

From 1895 to 1905 he worked as a freelance excavator in the Theban necropolis, his patrons including Lord Amherst, the Marquess of Northampton, and Theodore M.

[2] In 1927–28 Newberry explored the Gabal Elba region of the Sudan,[2] and was Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at Cairo University from 1929 to 1933.

[1] Newberry wrote extensively on Egyptology, including reports on archaeological findings and numerous contributions to English, French, and German scientific journals.