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Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her excavation of Ascalon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest ...
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 de março de 1776 – 23 de junho de 1839) foi uma aristocrata britânica, aventureira, antiquária e uma das viajantes mais famosas de sua época. Encabeçou a primeira escavação arqueológica na terra santa.
Lady Hester Stanhope. Born into one of the most powerful political families in Britain, for a brief period Lady Hester Stanhope was at the heart of British politics, living with her uncle, the Prime Minister William Pitt, at Walmer Castle and in London from 1803 until his death in 1806.
26 de set. de 2022 · Learn about the life and adventures of Lady Hester Stanhope, the niece of William Pitt the Younger and a trailblazing travel writer. Discover how she faced debt, diplomacy and controversy in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.
17 de mai. de 2020 · Lady Hester Stanhope: meet the trailblazing Queen of the Desert. The aristocrat abandoned her privileged background for a life of Middle East adventure, dressing as a man, visiting harems and...
An aristocratic English traveler who pioneered Western access to remote areas of the Middle East and later settled in Lebanon. She was the first European woman to enter Palmyra, the fabled city of Queen Zenobia, and became a legendary figure in the region.
10 de fev. de 2016 · Learn about the life and travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, the first Western woman to enter Palmyra and the first to conduct a modern archaeological dig in the Holy Land. Discover how she became a rebel, a lover, a queen, and a treasure hunter in the East.
