Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties

Klappentext This fully illustrated follow-up excavation report on the early Egyptian royal tombs at Abydos was first published in 1901. Zusammenfassung Among the leading Egyptologists of his day, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. This fully illustrated follow-up report of 1901 gives descriptions of eight royal tombs at Abydos examined by Petrie, and of the associated finds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Site of the royal tombs; 2 Description of the tombs; 3. The inscribed tablets; 4. The sealings and steles; 5. The inventory plates; 6. The vases; 7. The inscriptions; 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: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108066129
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06612-9
• No. of pages: 176
• 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