Overview

A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. This single-volume reissue brings together three well-illustrated reports of his excavations over three seasons at Memphis and Meidum on the west bank of the Nile, first published in 1909–10. Work at Memphis in 1908 and 1909 notably focused on the west hall of the temple of Ptah and the royal palace of Apries. Chapters on the inscriptions are provided by James Herbert Walker (d.1914). The excavations at Meidum continued those begun in 1891 and recorded in the 1892 report that is also reissued in this series. Petrie was assisted by Ernest Mackay (1880–1943) and Gerald Averay Wainwright (1879–1964) in working on the pyramid, built for the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Sneferu, and the mastaba of Nefermaat, one of the largest private tombs of the Old Kingdom.

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Author:   William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781108066150

ISBN 10:   1108066151
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   19 September 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I. Memphis I: Introduction; 1. The recorded temples of Memphis; 2. The west hall of Ptah; 3. The monuments, XVIIIth dynasty and earlier; 4. The monuments, XIXth dynasty; 5. The temple of Merenptah; 6. The later antiquities; 7. The terra-cotta heads; 8. The inscriptions; Index; Plates; Part II. The Palace of Apries: 1. The Palace of Memphis; 2. The sculptured pylon; 3. The subject of the pylon scenes; 4. The objects from the palace; 5. Sculptures from temples and city; 6. The small objects; 7. The terra-cotta heads; 8. The inscriptions; Index; Plates; Part III. Meydum and Memphis III: 1. General results at Meydum; 2. The approach to the pyramid; 3. The quarry marks; 4. Tombs within the peribolus; 5. The great mastaba, no. 17; 6. The mastaba of Nefermaat; 7. The great western tombs; 8. Far western tombs; 9. The northern tombs; 10. The southern tombs; 11. The pottery; 12. The temple of Ptah; 13. The palace; 14. The houses and small remains; Index; Plates.

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