Gizeh and Rifeh, Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa

di William Matthew Flinders Petrie (Autore)

Ernest Mackay (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2013

A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. The two excavation reports now reissued here together were written in collaboration with other experts. The first, published in 1907, describes digs at Giza and Rifeh, including the discovery of the Tomb of the Two Brothers, a well-preserved Middle Kingdom burial. The second report, co-authored with Ernest Mackay (1880-1943) and published in 1915, covers work at Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa. Petrie and his collaborators describe how they came to make their discoveries, shedding light on developing archaeological practices used in the early twentieth century. Each report includes a section of valuable illustrative material, such as photographs and drawings of artefacts. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications - for both specialists and non-specialists - are also reissued in this series.

• Autore: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Ernest Mackay
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 294 p.
• Dimensioni: 297 x 210 mm
• Peso: 710 gr.
• EAN: 9781108066105

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