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Excavating Egypt: Treasures from the Petrie Museum

Oxbow says: As the introduction to this book states, Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) not only bridged the gap between the 19th and 20th centuries, but also between the search for treasure and a scientific, methodological approach to archaeology. In 1913, the collection of artefacts that Petrie had excavated at sites across Egypt were bought for University College London and the Petrie Museum was born. This catalogue presents a large number of artefacts drawn from the Petrie Museum that were exhibited at the Michael C Carlos Museum in Atlanta in 2005. The catalogue of artefacts is preceded by a brief history of Petrie's life and archaeological career, the expeditions he undertook and the influence of his findings, his approach to excavation and his prolific writings. Colour photographs, descriptions and discussions of figurines, reliefs, faience objects, ceramic vessels, papyri and ostraca, jewellery and personal items, gaming boards and pieces, weights and amulets, litter the pages of this book. The material is arranged thematically - chronology, sculpture, archaeology (pyramids, seriation, tomb groups), sites (Hierakonpolis, Abydos, Lahun, Amarna, Gurob, Saqqara, Naukratis, Hawara, Meroe), weights and measures, daily life, writing, arts and crafts, ceramics, funerary, tools and weapons, faience and glass. 205p, 160 col pls (Michael C Carlos Museum 2005)

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