| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 500 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Wisconsin studies in classics |
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Wisconsin studies in classics.
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| 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 |
| Analysis |
Archaeology |
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Great Britain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-469) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942.
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| SUBJECT |
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942 fast |
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Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Antiquities
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Archaeologists
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Archeologie.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
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| Subject |
Egypt
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94042111 |
| ISBN |
9780299146238 |
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0299146235 |
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