Olwen Brogan

Lady Olwen Phillis Frances Brogan (née Kendall; 15 December 1900 – 18 December 1989; later Hackett) was a British archaeologist and expert on Roman Libya. She attended University College London and later taught there. She was the author of two monographs, over thirty articles and was a regular reviewer for Antiquaries Journal, Antiquity and Journal of Roman Studies.

Brogan initially learned excavation techniques under Mortimer Wheeler at Verulamium and Caerleon, particularly in Tripolitania at sites Lepcis Magna with John Ward-Perkins.

Published works

Brogan. O. 1933. The new battle of Georgovia. Antiquity 7:216-19. Brogan. O. 1934, An introduction to the Roman land frontier in Germany. Greece and Rome 3-4: 23–30. Brogan. O. 1935. The Roman ‘limes’ of Germany. Archaeological Journal 92: 1-41. Brogan, O. 1936. Trade between the Roman Empire and the free Germans. Journal of Roman studies 26: 195-222 Brogan, O. 1953. Roman Gaul. London. Brogan, O 1954. The camel in Roman Tripolitania. Papers of the British School at Rome 22:126-31 Brogan, O. 1955. When the home guard of Libya created security and fertility on the desert frontier: Ghirza in the third century A.D. Obelisk and temple tombs of Imperial Roman date near Ghirza. (Two articles) in The Illustrated London News 22 January 1955: 138-42 and 29 January 1955: 182-85 Brogan, O. 1962. A Tripolitanian centenarian. In Hommages à Albert Grennier (Collection Latomus 58): 368–73. Brogan, O. 1964. The Roman Remains in the Wadi el-Amud. Libya Antiqua 1:47-56. Brogan, O. 1965. Henschir el-Ausaf by Tigi (Tripolitania) and some related tombs in the Tunisian Gefara. Libya Antiqua 2: 47–56. Brogan, O. 1965. Notes on the Wadis Neina and Bei el-Kebir and some predesert tracks. Libya Antiqua. 2: 57–64. Brogan, O. 1970. British Archaeology in Libya 1943–1970. Libyan Studies 1: 6–11. Brogan, O. 1971. First and second century settlement in the Tripolitanian pre-desert. In F.f. Gadalla (ed.), Libya in History. Proceedings of a conference held at the Faculty of Arts, University of Libya 1968. Benghazi: 121–130. Brogan, O. 1971. Expedition to Tripolitania 1971. Libyan Studies 2: 10-11 Brogan, O. 1974. The Coming of Rome and the Establishment of Roman Gaul. In S. Piggot, G., Daniel and C.McBurney (eds), France before the Romans. London: 192–219. Brogan, O. 1975. Round and Misurata. Libyan Studies 6: 49–58. Brogan, O. 1975. Inscriptions in the Libyan alphabet from Tripolitania and some notes on the tribes of the region. In J. Bynon and T. Bynon (eds), Hamito-Semitica. Mouston: 267–89. Brogan, O. 1976. Ghirza and Zliten, In R. Stillwell (ed.(, the Princeton Encyclopaedia of Classical Sites. Princeton: 352 and 1000–01. Brogan, O. 1978. Es-Sernama Bir el-Uaar: a Roman tomb in Libya. In R. Moorey and P. Parr (eds), Archaeology in the Levant. Essays for Kathleen Kenyon. Warminster: 233–37. Brogan, O. 1980. Hadd Hajar, a ‘clausura'; in the Tripolitanian Gebel Garian south of Asabaa. Libyan Studies 11: 45–52. Brogan, O and Desforges, E. 1940. Georgovia. Archaeological Journal 97: 1-36. Brogan, O., Hawkes, C., Desforges, E. 1935. Fouilles à Georgovie. Revue archéologique 5: 220-30 Brogan, O. and Oates, D. 1953. Gasr el-Gezira, a shrine in the Gebel Nefusa of Tripolitania. Papers of the British School at Rome 21: 74–80. Brogan, O. and Reynolds, J. M. 1964. Inscriptions from the Tripoitanian hinterland. Libya Antiqua 1:43-46. Brogan, O. and Reynolds, J.M. 1985. An inscription from the Wadi Antar. In Buck, D.J. and Mattingly, D.J. (eds). 1985. Town and Country in Roman Tripolitania. Papers in honour of Olwen Hackett. BAR S 274, Oxford: 13–23. Brogan, O. and Smith, D.J. 1957. The Roman frontier at Ghirza, an interim report. Journal of Roman Studies. 47: 173–84. Brogan, O. and Smith, D.J. 1985. Ghirza: a Romano-Libyan Settlement in Tripolitania. Libyan Antiquities Series 1. Tripoli. Reynolds, J.M., Brogan, O. and Smith, D. 1958. Inscriptions in the Libyan alphabet from Ghirza in Tripolitania. Antiquity32: 112–115. Vita-Finzi, C. and Brogan, O. 1965. Roman dams on the Wadi Megenin. Libya Antiqua 2: 65–71.