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Neither Mellon nor Pope lived to see the museum accomplished; each died in late August 1937, only two months after excavation had begun. On his birthday, 24 March 1937, an Act of Congress accepted the gathering and building funds , …

Neither Mellon nor Pope lived to see the museum accomplished; each died in late August 1937, only two months after excavation had begun. On his birthday, 24 March 1937, an Act of Congress accepted the gathering and building funds , …