The 27-year-old British archaeologist was making his first trip to Egypt, on a mission to uncover the truth about the Great Pyramid. When he moved into an abandoned tomb at Giza and slept on a hammock, everyone noticed the unconventional William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
Petrie became even harder to ignore after his 1880 adventure as he brought a scientific approach to excavations and, as a result, changed what the world knew about the ancient civilization.
Some of his best discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at University College London are now touring the United States. “Excavating Egypt” is at the Albany Institute of History & Art through June 4.
Known as the father of Egyptian archaeology, Petrie got his start by measuring the Great Pyramid and dispelling the popular notion that the structure contained mystical secrets. He determined it was only a monument to a pharaoh.The exhibit is traveling while the Petrie Museum, which has 80,000 objects in its collection, builds a new facility scheduled to open in 2008. Other locations include: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in South Hadley, Mass., Jan. 28-July 29, 2007; Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, N.M., Aug. 24, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008; and University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Fla., June 28-Nov. 2, 2008.
Click here for more background on the Petrie collection.
this images helpful i want images about manufacture of egyptian pottery
Posted by: hamada | March 26, 2008 at 10:29 AM