Egypt
- Lowe Art Museum Shows "excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries" From The Petrie Museum
Art Knowledge News Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,University College, London, is on view at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, from June 28th through November 2nd, 2008. The major traveling exhibition...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt
Santa Fe New Mexican (Paul Weideman) All regular visitors to the blog will know that I take up any opportunity that offers to plug the Petrie Museum of Archaeology in London (U.K.). However, today I actually have a good excuse - the Excavating Egypt exhibition...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Petrie Collection Exhibition At Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18741"The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum will open the exhibit Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London on February...
- Exhibition: Petrie In The Us
http://tinyurl.com/ndsoo (Rocky Mountain News) An article about the Excavating Egypt exhibition based on the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie, and the items from his collection currently touring the US: "The 27-year-old British archaeologist was...
Egypt
Exhibition: More re Excavating Egypt (Petrie)
http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/31809/
Another review of the exhibition Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology, University College London, currently at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. As well as describing the exhibition, this article looks at some of the details of Petrie's life: "In addition to being one of the first to document where objects were found at excavation sites, Petrie changed the emphasis of archeological research by showing that the mundane objects he uncovered were often as important as much grander monumental sculpture and architecture in illuminating the culture and history of a region, said Larkin. He was also one of the first to regularly publish his findings.
Despite Petrie's devotion to scientific methods - he is considered "the father of Egyptian archeology" by many in the field - his life sounds a little like an Indiana Jones movie. Home-schooled in an upper-middle-class English family, a somewhat sickly only child, Petrie taught himself how to read hieroglyphs and grew so skilled at coin collecting that he became a consultant for the British Museum while still in his teens."
Despite Petrie's devotion to scientific methods - he is considered "the father of Egyptian archeology" by many in the field - his life sounds a little like an Indiana Jones movie. Home-schooled in an upper-middle-class English family, a somewhat sickly only child, Petrie taught himself how to read hieroglyphs and grew so skilled at coin collecting that he became a consultant for the British Museum while still in his teens."
See the above page for more.
- Lowe Art Museum Shows "excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries" From The Petrie Museum
Art Knowledge News Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,University College, London, is on view at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, from June 28th through November 2nd, 2008. The major traveling exhibition...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt
Santa Fe New Mexican (Paul Weideman) All regular visitors to the blog will know that I take up any opportunity that offers to plug the Petrie Museum of Archaeology in London (U.K.). However, today I actually have a good excuse - the Excavating Egypt exhibition...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Petrie Collection Exhibition At Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18741"The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum will open the exhibit Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London on February...
- Exhibition: Petrie In The Us
http://tinyurl.com/ndsoo (Rocky Mountain News) An article about the Excavating Egypt exhibition based on the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie, and the items from his collection currently touring the US: "The 27-year-old British archaeologist was...