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- ↑ "House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari". The Getty Conservation Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) 122093 – National Trust Collections". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Alexander Murray". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved February 28, 2017.