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be excavated), and that of DIEULAFOY and SARZEC in 

 the mound of Tello, occupy a prominent place; and the 

 recent excavations of MORGAN at Susa and Persepolis 

 have brought to light a mass of important material for 

 the early history of the Orient. OPPERT, HEUZEY, and 

 MNANT have led in elucidating this new material. 



In the development of classical archaeology, also, 

 the part played by French scholars is noteworthy, espe- 

 cially in the exploration of Greek lands. Even before 

 the establishment of the modern kingdom of Greece, 

 the Expedition scientifique de Moree in 1829 and 1830, 

 under the leadership of BLOUET, collected materials for 

 an elaborate publication devoted to the ancient ruins in 

 the Peloponnesus, then very imperfectly known; and the 

 explorations of TEXIER in Asia Minor in 1833-37 per- 

 formed a similar service for the monuments of that region 

 and supplemented the earlier work of English travelers. 



New stimulus to such researches was given by the 

 establishment, hi 1847, f the ficole frangaise d'Athenes, 

 the first of the "foreign" schools hi Athens, which 

 served as a model for those established later by other 

 nations in the capital of Greece. With this school 

 most of the French classical archaeologists of the last 

 half of the nineteenth century have at some time been 

 associated. Members of the School have conducted 

 many excavations in Greek lands, the most notable 

 of which are those at Myrina (1880-82), at Delos (begun 

 in 1873, and still in progress), and at Delphi (1892-97, 

 with supplementary work in more recent years). Among 

 the famous members of the School who are no longer 

 living, mention may be made of Albert DUMONT, Director 

 in 1875-78, a prolific writer on many aspects of ancient 

 art, who in 1873-75 established the important French 

 School of Archaeology in Rome; Olivier RAYET, explorer 

 of the great temple of Apollo at Didyma in 1873 and 



