Dorothy Mackay

Dorothy Mary Mackay
Born	Dorothy Mary Simmons (1881-11-11)11 November 1881 Croydon, England
Died	8 February 1953(1953-02-08) (aged 71) Beaconsfield, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist, museum curator
Spouse	Ernest J. H. Mackay

Dorothy Mary Mackay (née Simmons, 11 November 1881 – 8 February 1953) was a British archaeologist who worked in Egypt, Iraq, and sites of the Indus Valley civilisation. In 1940, she was appointed an assistant keeper at the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and between 1948–1951 she acted as a curator at the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut.

In 1912, Dorothy married the archaeologist Ernest J. H. Mackay, with whom she often cooperated in later years.

She was a member of the Croydon Branch of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Books published

• "Ancient Cities of Iraq. A Practical Handbook". Baghdad: K. Mackenzie 1926
• Mohenjo-daro. Bombay: Indian State Railways Publicity Department 1929
• Mackay, Dorothy Mary Simmons (1951). "A Guide to the Archaeological Collections in the University Museum". Beirut: American University of Beirut 1951
• Mudun al-‘Iraq al-qadima. Transl. by Y.J. Miscony. Baghdad: ʻAhd Bagdad 1952