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London: School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, 1909. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. VG Very Good/no. Royal quarto, (34cm/18in), three quarter-bound gilt/clare… Mehr…

London: School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, 1909. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. VG Very Good/no. Royal quarto, (34cm/18in), three quarter-bound gilt/claret-coloured cloth backed boards, pp. 25, indexed; 34 plates consisting of [mostly] collotypes, b-w halftones and lithographs, Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Volume II of a 7-Volume Set published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and the Egyptian Research Account : Memphis Series, complete in 7 Vols. 1909-1915: Memphis I-VI, Meydum, Roman Portraits, Tarkhan I + II, Riqqeh [Petrie, W. M. Flinders; J. H. Walker; Gerald Wainwright; A. H. Gardiner; R. Engelbach; M. A. Murray; H. Flinders Petrie] … Memphis, Egypt was one of the largest cities of antiquity. According to tradition, it was founded by the mythical king Menes, the first pharaoh and unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt, ca. 3000 BC. It was the capital throughout the Old Kingdom, and was only rivaled by Thebes and Alexandria many centuries later. It was not abandoned until the time of the Arab conquests and the founding of what is now Cairo in 641 BC. Memphis is 15 miles south of Cairo, and, for centuries, its great ruins were pillaged to build the nearby Arab cities. By the time European archaeologists arrived in the 19th century, Memphis was mostly hidden underground, much of it below the water table. Its lack of obvious architecture and massive size made it less appealing and notoriously difficult to excavate. Flinders Petrie worked there from 1909 to 1913.  A rough timeline of Petrie’s excavations in Memphis might read: 1908 Petrie's first season in Memphis, drawing a map and excavating the 'west hall', and many other smaller sites around the city (faience workshop) 1908-1909 Excavation of the palace of Apries 1909-1910 Further work around the palace of Apries 1910 - 1911 Several small sites, recording many decorated Ramesside temple blocks and the foundations of a church that had been built from these blocks. 1912 No published account of excavations, but reference to finds, of which the most important is perhaps the quartzite statue of the high steward Amenhotep (reign of Amenhotep III) with its long biographical inscription 1913 Digging a section of the great temple site of Ptah; excavations south of the temple of Ptah, foundations of Roman buildings. Petrie found a workshop for calcite vessels., School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, 1909, 3, London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, 1909. First Edition First Impression. In quite good condition./near fine. Royal quarto, (34cm/18in), three quarter-bound gilt/claret-coloured cloth backed boards, pp.26, indexed; 54 plates consisting of [mostly] collotypes, b-w halftones and lithographs, Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Volume I of a 7-Volume Set published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and the Egyptian Research Account : Memphis Series, complete in 7 Vols. 1909-1915: Memphis I-VI, Meydum, Roman Portraits, Tarkhan I + II, Riqqeh [Petrie, W. M. Flinders; J. H. Walker; Gerald Wainwright; A. H. Gardiner; R. Engelbach; M. A. Murray; H. Flinders Petrie] … Memphis, Egypt was one of the largest cities of antiquity. According to tradition, it was founded by the mythical king Menes, the first pharaoh and unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt, ca. 3000 BC. It was the capital throughout the Old Kingdom, and was only rivaled by Thebes and Alexandria many centuries later. It was not abandoned until the time of the Arab conquests and the founding of what is now Cairo in 641 BC. Memphis is 15 miles south of Cairo, and, for centuries, its great ruins were pillaged to build the nearby Arab cities. By the time European archaeologists arrived in the 19th century, Memphis was mostly hidden underground, much of it below the water table. Its lack of obvious architecture and massive size made it less appealing and notoriously difficult to excavate. Flinders Petrie worked there from 1909 to 1913.  A rough timeline of Petrie’s excavations in Memphis might read: 1908 Petrie's first season in Memphis, drawing a map and excavating the 'west hall', and many other smaller sites around the city (faience workshop) 1908-1909 Excavation of the palace of Apries 1909-1910 Further work around the palace of Apries 1910 - 1911 Several small sites, recording many decorated Ramesside temple blocks and the foundations of a church that had been built from these blocks. 1912 No published account of excavations, but reference to finds, of which the most important is perhaps the quartzite statue of the high steward Amenhotep (reign of Amenhotep III) with its long biographical inscription 1913 Digging a section of the great temple site of Ptah; excavations south of the temple of Ptah, foundations of Roman buildings. Petrie found a workshop for calcite vessels., British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, 1909, 3.25, paperback. Good. 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ISBN: 9780756786649

Diane Pub Co, 1964-12-30. Paperback. Good., Diane Pub Co, 1964-12-30, 2.5