Egypt
Humanities blog
Is there any well known archaeologist who hasn't been compared to Indiana Jones? Sigh.
- Exhibition: Last Call For Egyptian Archaeology Exhibit In Miami
examiner.com All summer, the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus has been exhibiting artifacts from ancient Egypt. This spectacular show, Excavating Egypt, ends Nov. 2. Try to see it before it leaves. Excavating Egypt features the life and...
- Exhibition Podcast: Excavating Egypt
New Mexico Museum of Art August 2007 Great Discoveries from Ancient Egypt: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie. Peter Lacovara, Ph.D.Lecture in conjunction with the Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Audio podcast of the public lecture presented at the St....
- Sir William Flinders Petrie
http://tinyurl.com/zgdjl (mlive.com)A feature on the mlive website to coincide with the Petrie exhibition at the Flint Institute of Art. This piece focuses mainly on Petrie himself, looking at his early interest in archeaology, how he came to work in...
- 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...
- Albany Museum Displays Petrie Artefacts
http://tinyurl.com/bo3ve (Pressconnect.com)"The Albany Institute of History & Art, with GE as a sponsor, will host a world-class traveling exhibition, beginning Jan. 21, showcasing important Egyptian treasures from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology...
Egypt
Short biography of William Flinders Petrie
Humanities blog
Is there any well known archaeologist who hasn't been compared to Indiana Jones? Sigh.
The exhibition "Egypt excavations" will be presented at the Institute in Flint Flint, Michigan until January 2007. The show will be about 200 of the most significant finds of archaeologist Sir William Petrie display. . . .
William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born in Charlton, Kent in 1853. His father was a surveyor and engineer, his mother was interested in fossils and other scientific topics. Both parents encouraged young William to interests that would eventually flourish to pursue a successful career. It is interesting that because of his poor health he was educated at home and received no formal schooling.
As a child he was fascinated and interested to measure things. Hemeasured buildings, churches, ruins and even as Stonehenge. Because his father was a surveyor William learned about the importance of accuracy in measurements. When he was thirteen years old, he declared that he would one day visit to the Pyramids. He was at the time, inspired by reading our heritage to the Great Pyramids of Piazzi Smyth.
- Exhibition: Last Call For Egyptian Archaeology Exhibit In Miami
examiner.com All summer, the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus has been exhibiting artifacts from ancient Egypt. This spectacular show, Excavating Egypt, ends Nov. 2. Try to see it before it leaves. Excavating Egypt features the life and...
- Exhibition Podcast: Excavating Egypt
New Mexico Museum of Art August 2007 Great Discoveries from Ancient Egypt: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie. Peter Lacovara, Ph.D.Lecture in conjunction with the Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Audio podcast of the public lecture presented at the St....
- Sir William Flinders Petrie
http://tinyurl.com/zgdjl (mlive.com)A feature on the mlive website to coincide with the Petrie exhibition at the Flint Institute of Art. This piece focuses mainly on Petrie himself, looking at his early interest in archeaology, how he came to work in...
- 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...
- Albany Museum Displays Petrie Artefacts
http://tinyurl.com/bo3ve (Pressconnect.com)"The Albany Institute of History & Art, with GE as a sponsor, will host a world-class traveling exhibition, beginning Jan. 21, showcasing important Egyptian treasures from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology...