Drower, M: Flinders Petrie

Name: Drower, M: Flinders Petrie
Brand: University of Wisconsin Press
SKU: 9780299146245-V
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By Drower, Margaret S.

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Flinders Petrie has been called the ""Father of Modern Egyptology"" - and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archeological methods. Here Margaret S. Drower, a student of Petrie's in the early 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, through his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt to his death in Jerusalem at the age of 89. Drower presents Petrie as he was: an enthusiastic eccentric, diligently plunging into the uncharted past of ancient Egypt. She tells not only of his spectacular finds, including the tombs of the first Pharaohs, the earliest alphabetic script, a Homer manuscript, and a collection of painted portraits on mummy cases, but also of Petrie's important contributions to the science of modern archaeology, such as orderly record-keeping of the progress of a dig and the use of pottery sherds in historical dating.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

2

Number of Pages:

528

Release Date:

1995-06-15

Publication Date:

1995-06-15

Publisher:

University of Wisconsin Press

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0299146243

ISBN13:

9780299146245

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

771 g

Height:

152 cm

Width:

227 cm

Thickness:

31 cm

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