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Peter Lewis Shinnie
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1915-2007
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Peter Lewis Shinnie was a British archaeologist and Nubiologist. Educated at Westminster School and Oxford, he served in the RAF during the Second World War before beginning his archaeological career in Sudan. He researched the ancient Nubian civilisation of Meroe, established Khartoum’s antiquities museum and founded the journal Kush. Subsequently, he worked in Uganda, Ghana and Canada, becoming a leading authority on African history and archaeology.