Tell El Hesy (Lachish), Hyksos and Israelite Cities

Klappentext Reissued here together, these two illustrated excavation reports, published in 1891 and 1906, cover discoveries in Palestine and Egypt respectively. Zusammenfassung A pioneering Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites. This reissue brings together two illustrated excavation reports. The first, published in 1891 and of significance in Near Eastern archaeology, records his dig in Palestine at Tell el-Hesi. The second, from 1906, covers a number of Hyksos and Israelite sites in Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Tell el Hesy: 1. Introductory; 2. Site of Tell el Hesy; 3. Remains at Tell el Hesy; 4. Identification of Lachish; 5. History of Lachish; 6. Structural details; 7. The pottery; Note on sites visited; Part II. Hyksos and Israelite Cities: 1. Introduction; 2. The Hyksos camp; 3. The Hyksos cemetery; 4. The later remains; 5. The temple of Onias; 6. Tell er Retabeh; 7. The cemetery of Goshen; 8. The cemetery of Suwa; Index; Plates.

Product details

• Authors: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, William Matthew Flinders Petrie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108067263
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06726-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology