PETRIE, William Matthew Flinders.- 9 works in first edition and richly illustrated.
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Together 11 vol., in-12° ou large in-8°, publisher's bindings (slightly browned, small damages, foxing).
Petrie (1853-1942), father of modern egyptoloy and pioneer of systematic methodology in archeology, was the first to use seriation to establish the chronology of a site. His most famous discovery was the Merneptah Stele, account of the victory of Merneptah over the Libyans and their allies and of a separate campaign in Canaan. Petrie mentored and trained a new generation of egyptologists including Howard Carter with whom he didn't get on.
Works published between 1892 and 1939 in London : (1). Ten year's digging in Egypt 1881-1891. Label of Librairie Oriens in Paris, (2). Deshasheh 1897, (3). Religion and conscience in Ancient Egypt, (4). Syria and Egypt from the Tell El Amarna letters, (5). Researches in Sinai, (6). Egypt and Israel, (7). The making of Egypt, (8). Social life in Ancient Egypt, (9). A history of Egypt, 3 vol.
Petrie (1853-1942), father of modern egyptoloy and pioneer of systematic methodology in archeology, was the first to use seriation to establish the chronology of a site. His most famous discovery was the Merneptah Stele, account of the victory of Merneptah over the Libyans and their allies and of a separate campaign in Canaan. Petrie mentored and trained a new generation of egyptologists including Howard Carter with whom he didn't get on.
Works published between 1892 and 1939 in London : (1). Ten year's digging in Egypt 1881-1891. Label of Librairie Oriens in Paris, (2). Deshasheh 1897, (3). Religion and conscience in Ancient Egypt, (4). Syria and Egypt from the Tell El Amarna letters, (5). Researches in Sinai, (6). Egypt and Israel, (7). The making of Egypt, (8). Social life in Ancient Egypt, (9). A history of Egypt, 3 vol.
