Science: Archaeology: Archaeologists: Middle East: Bell, Gertrude

She was an archaeologist, a linguist and the greatest woman mountaineer of her age. And in Baghdad in 1921 she drew the boundaries of the country that became Iraq. From The Guardian.

A biography by Danuta Bois of the British archaeologist who founded an archaeological museum in Baghdad and became Iraq's Director of Antiquities.

Text of 'Amurath to Amurath' from Gertrude Bell's journey through Greater Syria to Iraq.