Scarabs / An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings

In 1891 Newberry travelled to Egypt with Howard Carter, whom Newberry had appointed as a trainee tracer, after recognising his talent as an artist. There they worked on the excavation of Beni Hasan and El-Bersheh, which Newberry led from 1890 to 1894. Newberry later served on the Tutankhamun excavation team for several seasons. His speciality was the botanical specimens from the tomb, on which he would briefly report in the second volume of Carter's The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen.

Newberry was the first Brunner Professor of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, serving in the chair from 1906 to 1919. He was then an honorary Reader in Egyptian Art (1919 to 1949). He was also a fellow of King's College, London, (1908 to 1949), and Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at Cairo University (1929 and 1933).

He died in Godalming, Surrey, on 7 August 1949.