![]() ![]() He had become interested in Aegean writing systems, through collecting engraved gems and seals for the Ashmolean. ![]() ![]() In 1892 Evans visited Rome, where he met Federico Halbherr, who had been working on ancient inscriptions in Crete (see Unit 3 Session 2 for further detail).Įvans' wife died prematurely in 1893 and it was not until 1894 that Evans made his first momentous visit to Crete. When Evans became Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) in 1884, he announced that his goals were to broaden archaeology beyond the classical period, and to collect and display a wider variety of ancient material. In 1883 Evans and his wife went to Greece, where they met Schliemann and heard about his work at Mycenae and other Mycenaean sites. When he married Margaret Freeman, the following year he and his wife set up house in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik) on the Dalmatian coast. ![]() In 1877, Evans became Balkan correspondent for the Manchester Guardian. After taking a degree in Modern History at Oxford, Evans travelled widely in northern and eastern Europe. Arthur Evans (1851-1941) was born into a well-to-do family his father was an eminent archaeologist and collector. ![]()
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