Egypt
Here I find myself on a rainy day with something interesting to re-read the 1890 classic of Egyptian archaeology by the legendary man himself Flinders Petrie, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara.
- Daily Photo - Mycenean Vase At Gurob
UC16631. Mycenean IIIB1 stirrup vase of pottery, cream with broad black and thin brown circular line decoration - piece of spout missing. Black patch from burning. Late Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE). Found at Gurob. Height 8.6 cms max diameter 11.1 cms....
- Daily Photo - Basketry At The Petrie Museum
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, one of the most fascinating museums in London (and one which seems to be very little known even amongst real Egyptology enthusiasts) has an online database of its complete collection. Here are some examples of...
- Digitized Books From Brian Yare
http://www.egypt.e7even.com/yare%20egyptology/ I always post updates re magazine and journal publications when I know of them, because I believe that they are of interest to visitors, but I rarely post about any other commercial ventures - in spite of...
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
Reading for a Rainy Day
Here I find myself on a rainy day with something interesting to re-read the 1890 classic of Egyptian archaeology by the legendary man himself Flinders Petrie, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara.
- Daily Photo - Mycenean Vase At Gurob
UC16631. Mycenean IIIB1 stirrup vase of pottery, cream with broad black and thin brown circular line decoration - piece of spout missing. Black patch from burning. Late Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE). Found at Gurob. Height 8.6 cms max diameter 11.1 cms....
- Daily Photo - Basketry At The Petrie Museum
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, one of the most fascinating museums in London (and one which seems to be very little known even amongst real Egyptology enthusiasts) has an online database of its complete collection. Here are some examples of...
- Digitized Books From Brian Yare
http://www.egypt.e7even.com/yare%20egyptology/ I always post updates re magazine and journal publications when I know of them, because I believe that they are of interest to visitors, but I rarely post about any other commercial ventures - in spite of...
- 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...
- 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...