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Flinders Petrie : a life in archaeology / by Margaret S. Drower.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wisconsin studies in classicsPublication details: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1995.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 500 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299146238
  • 0299146235
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flinders Petrie.DDC classification:
  • 932/.007202 20
LOC classification:
  • PJ1064.P47
Other classification:
  • 15.33
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: I. Flinders and the Petries -- II. Making of an Archaeologist (1853-80) -- III. Pyramid Survey (1880-82) -- IV. "Father of Pots": Delta Explorations (1883-6) -- V. Up the Nile (1886-7) -- VI. Pyramids and Portraits (1887-9) -- VII. Interlude in Palestine (1889-90) -- VIII. Tussles with M. Grebaut (1890-2) -- IX. University College, London (1892-7) -- X. Hilda (1896-8) -- XI. Most Ancient Egypt (1899-1903) -- XII. Naville and Petrie: A Clash of Personalities (1903-6) -- XIII. British School (1906-11) -- XIV. Amulets in the Soup (1911-14) -- XV. War Years (1914-19) -- XVI. Egypt over the Border (1919-30) -- XVII. Jubilee (1930-33) -- XVIII. Lone Syrian Shore (1934-8) -- XIX. Sunset in Jerusalem (1938-42) -- Books of Flinders Petrie -- Appendix A: The Chronology of Ancient Egyptian History -- Appendix B: Sites of Work done by Flinders Petrie, or under his Supervision -- Appendix C: U.C.L. Galton Papers 152/4.
Summary: Flinders Petrie has been called the "Father of Modern Egyptology" and was one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. Here Drower, a student of his in the 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, to his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-469) and index.

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Machine generated contents note: I. Flinders and the Petries -- II. Making of an Archaeologist (1853-80) -- III. Pyramid Survey (1880-82) -- IV. "Father of Pots": Delta Explorations (1883-6) -- V. Up the Nile (1886-7) -- VI. Pyramids and Portraits (1887-9) -- VII. Interlude in Palestine (1889-90) -- VIII. Tussles with M. Grebaut (1890-2) -- IX. University College, London (1892-7) -- X. Hilda (1896-8) -- XI. Most Ancient Egypt (1899-1903) -- XII. Naville and Petrie: A Clash of Personalities (1903-6) -- XIII. British School (1906-11) -- XIV. Amulets in the Soup (1911-14) -- XV. War Years (1914-19) -- XVI. Egypt over the Border (1919-30) -- XVII. Jubilee (1930-33) -- XVIII. Lone Syrian Shore (1934-8) -- XIX. Sunset in Jerusalem (1938-42) -- Books of Flinders Petrie -- Appendix A: The Chronology of Ancient Egyptian History -- Appendix B: Sites of Work done by Flinders Petrie, or under his Supervision -- Appendix C: U.C.L. Galton Papers 152/4.

Flinders Petrie has been called the "Father of Modern Egyptology" and was one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. Here Drower, a student of his in the 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, to his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt.

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