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Emma Buttles Andrews (13 June 1837 - 19 January 1922) is the wife to Abner L. Andrews (1859) and mistress to Theodore Davis before and during expeditions to the Nile and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. She assisted in his note taking during expeditions, making diagrams of discoveries and sketches of artifacts for Davis.

Work in Egypt
Emma spent much of her time creating sketches and drawings of Davis' excavations, sitting outside the tombs and excavation sites during the process itself. She was constantly commenting in her journal the conversations of the excavators and Davis himself. Take for example, the tomb of Tutankhamen, and expedition that Davis and Weigall worked together on. Emma spent much of her time watching the excavation in the heat of Egypt, adding comments such as "I thought he had been affected by bad air, but it was only excitement - for he ejaculated 'wonderful,' 'extraordinary,' etc" in reference to Weigall emerging from the tomb after uncovering a significant portion. Davis went on to continue his excavation of this tomb, even after experts claimed it a lost cause. In a second discovery, the tomb of Yuya, Thuyu, and their child King Amenhotep III and Tiye was discovered, and the women were granted access to this tomb. Emma commented, remembering "A dim glitter of gold everywhere and a confusion of coffins and mummies."