British Museum Department of the Middle East group of stone reliefs from the excavations of Max von Oppenheim at Tell Halaf that was purchased in 1920. More material followed from the excavations of Max Mallowan at Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak in 1935–1938 and from Woolley at Alalakh in the years just before and after the Second World War. Mallowan returned with his wife Agatha Christie to carry out further digs at Nimrud in the postwar period which secured many important artefacts for the museum. The collection of Palestinian material was strengthened by the work of Kathleen Kenyon at Jericho in the 1950s and the acquisition in
The Crime of the Congo early history of the Congo Free State Sir Arthur quotes the testimony of many unimpeachable witnesses regarding the brutalities of the 'rubber system' and the coldblooded mutilation and massacre of natives during the past fifteen years". Many academics who have analysed Conan Doyle's life have noted his activism, including his authorship of "The Crime of the Congo". In 2009, Cambridge Scholars Publishing released a reprint of the work, in "Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Crime of the Congo The Crime of the Congo is a 1909 book by British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about