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from 1935 to 1939, and was present at every digging season in those years, although digging seasons often lasted as long as five months. Crosby published numerous works on inscriptions and other findings from the Agora.
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After leaving the OSS at the end of the war, Crosby returned to supervise fieldwork at the Athenian Agora from 1946 to 1945.
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After graduating Bryn Mawr, Crosby studied in Europe for two years before beginning graduate work at
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Brody, Lisa R.; Hoffman, Gail L.; McMullen Museum of Art; Yale University. Art Gallery (2011).
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in 1922, and subsequently became involved in archaeology and ancient history, especially
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and was staffed by a large number of archaeologists. She primarily worked as a
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Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece
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in 1902. Margaret's father John Crosby was a friend of
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Index

Bryn Mawr College
epigraphy
metrology
Yale University
World War II
Office of Strategic Services
Minnesota
US Secretary of State
Henry L. Stimson
Yale University
Dura-Europos
Athenian Agora
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Office of Strategic Services
Rodney Young
cryptographer
Cairo
Gerard Else
Caserta
Allied Forces Headquarters
Barnard, Vermont
Ruth Wendell Washburn
Hanover, New Hampshire
Dura-Europos
ISBN
978-1-4725-2365-5
Dura-Europos : crossroads of antiquity
ISBN
9781892850164
Dura-Europos

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