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The Palestine Exploration Fund is a British society based in London. It was founded in 1865 and is the oldest known organization in the world created specifically for the study of the Levant region, today now known as Palestine. Often simply known as the PEF, its initial object was to carry out surveys of the topography and ethnography of Ottoman Palestine with a remit that fell somewhere between an expeditionary survey and military intelligence gathering. Consequently, it had a complex relationship with Corps of Royal Engineers, and its members sent back reports on the need to salvage and modernise the region.
http://www.pef.org.uk/
Scarab seal
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PEF
4,061
Lantern with face
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PEF
2,769
Foot Fragment
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PEF
2,721
Architectural Fragment
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PEF
2,498
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