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...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Going To Santa Fe
Dallas Morning News More than 220 Egyptian artifacts from a collection that never before has left England will be on display at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe from Sept. 1 through Jan. 6. "Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie...
- 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...
- 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
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 Egypt, and the development of field archaeology as a discipline:
"Before Sir William Flinders Petrie entered the scene, there were a lot of treasure hunters but no archaeologists. In a way, Petrie was the prototype for Indiana Jones - the first archaeologist 'anywhere in the world,' according to Peter Lacovara, curator of ancient art at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta.
'He's often called the father of scientific archaeology, having invented techniques that are still used today.' Petrie came from a long line of inventors and explorers, said Lacovara, who curated the exhibit along with Betsy Teasley Trope. 'As a boy, he collected Roman coins he'd find in the fields. As a family outing, they did a survey of Stonehenge - they mapped and recorded it.'
In the 1880s, when he was in his late 20s, Petrie decided to go to Egypt and measure the Great Pyramid at Giza. "
'He's often called the father of scientific archaeology, having invented techniques that are still used today.' Petrie came from a long line of inventors and explorers, said Lacovara, who curated the exhibit along with Betsy Teasley Trope. 'As a boy, he collected Roman coins he'd find in the fields. As a family outing, they did a survey of Stonehenge - they mapped and recorded it.'
In the 1880s, when he was in his late 20s, Petrie decided to go to Egypt and measure the Great Pyramid at Giza. "
See the above three page story for more.
- 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...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Going To Santa Fe
Dallas Morning News More than 220 Egyptian artifacts from a collection that never before has left England will be on display at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe from Sept. 1 through Jan. 6. "Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie...
- 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...
- 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...