Edith Eccles was a British classical archaeologist who did work at the British School at Athens and worked with Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos on Crete in the 1930s. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Career
During the 1930s she was a friend of Mercy Money-Coutts who worked and travelled with her in Greece and beyond. She remained active after the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that ultimately ended her life. In 1935, Eccles assisted the archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos with excavations at the cave sanctuary of Arkalochori. Eccles studied Greek Archaeology under Mary Hamilton Swindler, ==Selected works==
Selected works
• Eccles, Edith. "The Seals and Sealings." Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 40(1940): 43–49. • Hutchinson, R. W., Edith Eccles and Sylvia Benton. "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos. II." The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 40(1939): 38–59. . == References ==