Seventy Years in Archaeology - A Father in Egyptology

Informationen zum Autor W.M. Flinders Petrie, who excavated some 3000 graves in 1898-1899, is regarded as one of the fathers of modern Egyptology. Klappentext First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis! an informa company. Zusammenfassung First published in 2005. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. PREPARATION, 1853-1880 II. THE PYRAMIDS, 1880-I 882 III. IN THE DELTA, 1883-1886 IV. UP THE NILE, 1886-1887 V. IN THE FAYUM, 1887-1890 VI. PALESTINE AND MEYDUM, 1891-1891 VII. AMARNA, 1891-1892 VIII. KOPTOS, NAQADA, AND THEBES, 1893-1897 IX. DESHASHEH, DENDEREH, HU, ABYDOS, 1897-1912. X. EHNASYA, SINAI, YEHUDIYEH, 1912-1916 XI. RIFEH, MEMPHIS, QURNEH, HAWARA, 1906-1911 XII. TARKHAN, LAHUN, THE WAR, 1911-1914 XIII. LAHUN, SEDMENT, OXYRHYNKHOS, QAU, 1919-1926. XIV. EGYPT OVER THE BORDER, IN THE NEGEB, 1926-1931

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• Authors: W.M. Flinders Petrie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138996069
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99606-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology