Illahun, kahun and gurob. medumjah

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS known as Flinders Petrie was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Naukratis Tanis Abydos and Amarna Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings. PDF Illahun, Kahun and Gurob. medumore 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 first published in 1891 and 1892 respectively written in collaboration with other experts They outline significant finds at the pyramids of Lahun and Meidum and at Gurob and Kahun notably the latter s cache of Middle Kingdom papyri Petrie and his collaborators describe in detail how they came to make these discoveries shedding light on developing archaeological practices used towards the end of the nineteenth century Petrie s professional method of painstakingly recording every find is well demonstrated here and each report includes a section of valuable illustrative material 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 Illahun Kahun and Gurob Medum Cambridge Library CollectionEgyptology