Reader in the sands of time
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Reader in the sands of time


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-1814247,00.html
"He liked to work in his underpants and ate only from tins, but Flinders Petrie changed the face of archaeology". Joyce Tyldesley writing about Sir William Flinders Petrie, who transformed archaeological investigations in Egypt. Some of Petrie's Egyptian collection can be found at London's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, which has a full online database of the collection's artefacts.




- Online Catalogue Underway Of 29,000 Of Petrie's Archaeological Finds In Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) When British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie came to Egypt in 1883 he explored several archaeological sites and revealed some of the country’s ancient history. According to Egyptian law at the time, archaeological dig sponsors...

- Petrie Collection
http://www.bsn.org.uk/view_all.php?id=12570A short video with Rachel Sparks talking about Petrie to accompany the Petrie In Palestine exhibition currently showing in London. Petrie is perhaps best known for his work in Egypt, and this video discusses...

- 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...

- Petrie - The Real Indiana Jones
http://tinyurl.com/af3mp (The Times Argus)A nice article produced on the back of the travelling exhibition Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, which is now at the Albany Instutute...

- Catalogue Of Petrie's Finds At Naukratis
The British Museum is creating an online catalogue of Sir Flinders Petrie's finds from the ancient Egyptian Greek trading post of Naukratis. Petrie excavated the city in the mid 1880's and collected more than ten thousand artifacts from the smashed...



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