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Six Temples at Thebes, Naqada and Ballas

Six Temples at Thebes, Naqada and Ballas

Six Temples at Thebes, Naqada and Ballas

William Matthew Flinders Petrie
J. E. Quibell
September 2013
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    A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. This single-volume reissue brings together two of his well-illustrated excavation reports. The first, originally published in 1897, describes work on six of the temples at Thebes, including the discovery of the famous Merneptah Stele, which contains the first non-biblical reference to Israel. A chapter on this inscription and others found in the temples is provided by the German scholar Wilhelm Spiegelberg (1870–1930). The second report, first published in 1896, discusses the archaeological work carried out at Naqada and Ballas by Petrie and James Edward Quibell (1867–1935), with a chapter by F. C. J. Spurrell (1842–1915) on the flint implements found at Naqada. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications - for both specialists and non-specialists - are also reissued in this series.

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    September 2013
    Paperback
    9781108066686
    246 pages
    297 × 210 × 13 mm
    0.6kg
    112 b/w illus.
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Six Temples at Thebes: Introduction
    • 1. The chapel at Uazmes
    • 2. The temple of Amenhotep II
    • 3. The temple of Tahutmes IV
    • 4. The work of Amenhotep III
    • 5. The temple of Merenptah
    • 6. The temple at Tausert
    • 7. The temple of Siptah
    • 8. Later objects and plan
    • 9. The inscriptions
    • 10. Shells used by the Egyptians
    • Index
    • Plates
    • Part II. Naqada and Ballas: Introduction
    • 1. The cemeteries of Ballas
    • 2. Selected Egyptian tombs, Ballas
    • 3. Products of the new race, Ballas
    • 4. Selected graves of the new race, Ballas
    • 5. Summary of Ballas
    • 6. Summary of the new race, Naqada
    • 7. Notable graves, Naqada
    • 8. Details of burials, Naqada
    • 9. Description of plates
    • 10. Flint implements of Naqada
    • 11. Conclusions
    • 12. Nubt, the town of Set
    • Index
    • Plates.
      Authors
    • William Matthew Flinders Petrie
    • J. E. Quibell