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Illahun, Kahun and Gurob ; Medum

W.M. Flinders Petrie

(Cambridge library collection, . Egyptology)

Cambridge University Press, c2013

  • : pbk

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Illahun, Kahun and Gurob, 1889-90

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Reprint. Originally published: Illahun, Kahun and Gurob. London : David Nutt, 1891

Reprint. Originally published: Medum. London : David Nutt, 1892

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. The two excavation reports now reissued here together were first published in 1891 and 1892 respectively, written in collaboration with other experts. They outline significant finds at the pyramids of Lahun and Meidum, and at Gurob and Kahun, notably the latter's cache of Middle Kingdom papyri. Petrie and his collaborators describe in detail how they came to make these discoveries, shedding light on developing archaeological practices used towards the end of the nineteenth century. Petrie's professional method of painstakingly recording every find is well demonstrated here, and each report includes a section of valuable illustrative material. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications - for both specialists and non-specialists - are also reissued in this series.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Illahun, Kahun and Gurob: Introductory
  • 1. Pyramids of Illahun
  • 2. The town of Kahun
  • 3. The antiquities of Kahun
  • 4. Medinet Gurob
  • 5. The tomb of Maket
  • 6. Illahun in the XXII dynasty
  • 7. Ptolemaic cemetery, Gurob
  • 8. Ptolemais and late sites
  • 9. The Greek papyri
  • 10. The hieratic papyri
  • 11. The stone implements
  • Index
  • Plates
  • Part II. Medum: Introduction
  • 1. The pyramid and temple
  • 2. The mastabas and burials
  • 3. The sculptured chambers
  • 4. Early hieroglyphs
  • 5. The small antiquities
  • 6. The inscriptions
  • 7. Varieties of ancient kohl
  • 8. Egyptian colours
  • 9. The Coptic papyri
  • Index
  • Plates.

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  • NCID
    BB14834030
  • ISBN
    • 9781108065733
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    1 v. (various pagings)
  • Size
    30 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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