The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Genres: History

318 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS, known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, such as Naukratis, Tanis, Abydos and Amarna. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.

Reviews

[John Gates · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is very interesting reading these old books, if nothing else than to gain some perspective on professionals of a different era. It is amazing the faculties of such individuals. This is one of many books perused by those interested in the progression of archaeology as it pertains to ancient Egypt and understanding where quotes and such came from is paramount. This is not only interesting in and of itself as I have stated thus far here within, but also is interesting in gaining perspective on historical writing styles. I'm glad I picked this up.

[Carlton Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of those high altitude cruising reads to understand what information lay within its covers - for another project i have in mind for this. This book contains precise measurements from the survey of Giza, and its associated descriptive information, by Sir Flinder's Petrie. I believe this represents a high quality data and description of everything which is Giza, before any agendas crept in.