1903-1971. British archaeologist, who in
1929-34 in Nubia, N Africa, excavated the
barrows at Ballana and Qustol, rich royal
tombs of the mysterious X-group people (3rd
to 6th centuries AD). He also surveyed the
whole region 1963-64 before it was flooded as
a result of the building of the Aswan High
Dam.