While most of our iconic images of adventurous archaeologists are born from page or screen (perhaps, Cairo Jim, Indiana Jones, or Murder in Mesopotamia?) this September, Fryer's treasure of the month explores the life of John Henry Iliffe - a noted British Archaeologist and the first curator of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum - whose life, archaeological work, and contribution to the Antiquities collection at UQ are captured in his papers…

In conjunction with the treasure of the month display in the Fryer Reading Room, the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum is currently exhibiting three artefacts from Mr Iliffe's excavations, which were also generously donated by his family.