| Letters from the Desert: The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie Contributor(s): Drower, Margaret S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0856687480 ISBN-13: 9780856687488 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. He continued to dig almost until his death in Jerusalem in 1942. During his long career he revolutionized Egyptian archaeology and indeed can be said to have founded modern scientific archaeology. But this book is not concerned with his scientific work, except tangentially, as Petrie had an admirable practice of publishing his excavations soon after they were completed. These letters and journals have been selected for their vivid account of living in Egypt and Palestine over sixty years. Even more they describe Petrie's austere approach to a dig where the archaeology was everything and creature comforts near nonexistent. Many anecdotes survive of life on one of Petrie's digs and the reality as revealed in these accounts is just as eccentric. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - Egypt - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology |
| Dewey: 930.1 |
| LCCN: 2005363572 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (1.89 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa |
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| Publisher Description: Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. Until his death in 1942, he dug almost continuously. During his long career Petrie revolutionised Egyptian archaeology but this book is not about his scientific work or finds, which are published elsewhere. |