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<p> an English archaeologist, was born at Rye in 1820. He was a zealous traveler and discoverer, and explored the sites of several ancient cities on the [[Euphrates]] and Tigris. In 1857 he published a work entitled Travels and Researches in [[Chaldea]] and Susiana; also an account of Some Excavations at Warka, the [[Erech]] of Nimrod, and Shushan, the [[Palace]] of Esther, in 1849-52. He died in 1858. To the Biblical student Loftus's work is of special importance. See Thomas's Dict. Biog. and Mythol. s.v. </p> | William Kennett Loftus <ref name="term_48902" /> | ||
==References == | <p> an English archaeologist, was born at [[Rye]] in 1820. He was a zealous traveler and discoverer, and explored the sites of several ancient cities on the [[Euphrates]] and Tigris. In 1857 he published a work entitled Travels and Researches in [[Chaldea]] and Susiana; also an account of Some Excavations at Warka, the [[Erech]] of Nimrod, and Shushan, the [[Palace]] of Esther, in 1849-52. He died in 1858. To the Biblical student Loftus's work is of special importance. See Thomas's Dict. Biog. and Mythol. s.v. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_48902"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/loftus,+william+kennett William Kennett Loftus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_48902"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/loftus,+william+kennett William Kennett Loftus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 15 October 2021
William Kennett Loftus [1]
an English archaeologist, was born at Rye in 1820. He was a zealous traveler and discoverer, and explored the sites of several ancient cities on the Euphrates and Tigris. In 1857 he published a work entitled Travels and Researches in Chaldea and Susiana; also an account of Some Excavations at Warka, the Erech of Nimrod, and Shushan, the Palace of Esther, in 1849-52. He died in 1858. To the Biblical student Loftus's work is of special importance. See Thomas's Dict. Biog. and Mythol. s.v.
