Seventy Years In Archaeology (Kegan Paul Library of Ancient Egypt) By William Matthew Flinders Petrie
The working and intellectual biography of the great archaeologist Flinders Petrie who was one of the founding fathers of Egyptology will inevitably be of interest to all those involved with ancient Egypt Here we have accounts of the research the observations and the writing of some of the most important work conducted in Egyptology Seventy Years In Archaeology Kegan Paul Library of Ancient Egypt Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS known as Flinders Petrie was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Naukratis Tanis Abydos and Amarna Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings. A recently bought re print of an old fav I poured over in my early teens The grandfather of archaeology The lovely anecdotes amongst the serious business of dig sites over 70 years the frustration with the ineptitude and downright thievery and destruction of museum authorities is almost palpable. Most of his books and papers have been reprinted in recent years and are a goldmine of information on early archaeological practices A must read English
| Seventy Years In Archaeology (Kegan Paul Library of Ancient Egypt) By William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
| 0710308418 |
| 9780710308412 |
| English |
| 292 |
| Hardcover |
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