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Seventy Years in Archaeology

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  • Date Published: September 2013
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108065115

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  • Among the leading Egyptologists of his day, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. He is credited with bringing his subject to a much wider audience, and his talent for exposition is reflected in this accessible autobiography, first published in 1931 and illustrated throughout. It describes life on digs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, providing rich insights into developing archaeological methods. Petrie's most important discoveries are recounted, including his unearthing of the Merneptah Stele, some of the earliest evidence of mummification, and elements of Greek and Roman cultural influence in Egypt. Furthermore, he reflects here on his innovative practice of recording and preserving every artefact, not just obvious museum pieces. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications are also reissued in this series.

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    • Date Published: September 2013
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108065115
    • length: 348 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
    • weight: 0.51kg
    • contains: 27 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Foreword
    1. Preparation, 1853–80
    2. The pyramids, 1880–2
    3. In the delta, 1883–6
    4. Up the Nile, 1886–7
    5. In the Fayum, 1887–90
    6. Palestine and Meydum, 1890–1
    7. Amarna, 1891–2
    8. Koptos, Naqada, and Thebes, 1893–7
    9. Deshasheh, Dendereh, Hu, Abydos, 1897–1902
    10. Ehnasya, Sinai, Yehudiyeh, 1902–6
    11. Rifeh, Memphis, Qurneh, Hawara, 1906–11
    12. Tarkhan, Lahun, the war, 1911–14
    13. Lahun, Sedment, Oxyrhynkhos, Qau, 1919–26
    14. Egypt over the border, in the Negeb, 1926–31
    Bibliography
    Index
    Tell-el-Ajjul.

  • Author

    William Matthew Flinders Petrie

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