Flinders Petrie (1853–1942)
Author of 3,000 Decorative Patterns of the Ancient World
About the Author
Image credit: Flinders Petrie, 1903
Series
Works by Flinders Petrie
A history of Egypt during the XVIIth and XVIIIth dynasties. 1896, with additions to 1898 (1999) 9 copies
Prehistoric Egypt ; Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes : illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University… (1921) 7 copies
Tools and weapons illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London (1974) 7 copies
Religion and conscience in ancient Egypt : lectures delivered at University college, London (1972) 4 copies
The Book of History, A History of All Nations from the Earliest Time to the Present: Volume 11, Western Europe to the… (2015) 4 copies
Glass stamps and weights : ancient weights and measures illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College,… (1974) 3 copies
Tanis 3 copies
Objects of daily use, illustrated by the Egyptian Collection inUniversity College, London (1927) 3 copies
A History of Egypt Vol. III 2 copies
A History of Egypt, 6[?] vols. 2 copies
Janus in Modern Life 2 copies
Roman Portraits and Memphis IV, Tarkhan I and Memphis V, Tarkhan II (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 2 copies
The royal tombs of the first dynasty 2 copies
Memphis I, The Palace of Apries (Memphis II), Meydum and Memphis III (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 2 copies
Tarkhan I and Memphis V 2 copies
Flinders Petrie centenary, 1953: Ceremonial slate palettes. Corpus of proto-dynastic pottery (1992) 2 copies
Deshasheh 1897 2 copies
Abydos, part II. 1903 2 copies
The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 2 copies
Naukratis I and II, Hawara, Biahmu, and Arsinoe (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 2 copies
Measures and Weights 1 copy
Koptos 1 copy
Gizeh and Rifeh 1 copy
Amulets 1 copy
A history of Egypt, during the XVIIth and XVIIIth dynasties,: 1896 with additions to 1904 (1977) 1 copy
A History of Egypt 1 copy
Scarabs and Cylinders with Names. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London. (1917) 1 copy
Ehnasya, 1904 1 copy
Scarabs and cylinders with names : illustr. by the Egyptian Collection in Univ. College, London 1 copy
Meydum and Memphis 1 copy
Naukratis 1 copy
Prehistoric Egypt,: Illustrated by over 1,000 objects in University college, London, (British school of archaeology in… (1920) 1 copy
Religion and Conscience in Ancient Eqypt; Lectures Delivered at University College, London (1898) 1 copy
Tombs of the Courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos (British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egytian Research Account… (1925) 1 copy
The Hawara Portfolio: paintings of the Roman Age. Found by W.M. Flinders Petrie - 1888 and 1911 1 copy
A season in Egypt: 1887 1 copy
Amulets (Classic Reprint): Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London (2016) 1 copy
Gizeh and Rifeh, Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 1 copy
Ehnasya, The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 1 copy
Ehnasya: 1904 1 copy
A History of Egypt: Volume 1, From the Earliest Times to the XVIth Dynasty (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) (2013) 1 copy
Ehnasya, 1904 1 copy
Dendereh, 1898 1 copy
History in Tools 1 copy
Egyptian architecture 1 copy
Abydos [PDF] 1 copy
Wisdom of the Egyptians 1 copy
Naukratis Part II 1 copy
Athribis, (British school of archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian research account. Fourteenth year, 1908) (1908) 1 copy
Roman Portraits and Memphis IV British school of Archaelogy in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Seventeeth Year,… (1911) 1 copy
Qurneh, (British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account. Fifteenth year, 1909 [Publication 16]) (1909) 1 copy
Abydos. 1, Part I : 1902 1 copy
Dendereh 1 copy
Six temples at Thebes. 1896 1 copy
Associated Works
Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 51 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders
- Other names
- Petrie, W. M. Flinders
Petrie, Flinders - Birthdate
- 1853-06-03
- Date of death
- 1942-07-28
- Burial location
- Protestant Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Israel (Body)
Royal College of Surgeons, London, England, UK (Head) - Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Charlton, Kent, England, UK
- Place of death
- Jerusalem, Palestine
- Places of residence
- Jerusalem, Palestine
Charlton, England, UK
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Cairo, Egypt - Education
- at home
- Occupations
- archaeologist
Egyptologist
surveyor
Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology - Relationships
- Petrie, Hilda Flinders (wife)
Edwards, Amelia B. (patroness)
Frankfort, Henri (student)
Caton-Thompson, Gertrude (student)
Murray, Margaret A. (student, colleague)
Flinders, Matthew (grandfather) - Organizations
- Egypt Exploration Society
Egyptian Research Account
University College London
British School of Archaeology in Egypt - Awards and honors
- Knighthood (services to British archaeology and Egyptology ∙ 1923)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (founded in his honour) - Short biography
- Sir Flinders Petrie improved and pioneered the techniques and methods used in field excavations, now in standard use throughout modern archaeology. He was also a famous teacher and mentor of other archeologists. He is considered to be the father of Egyptian archaeology. At age 24, he wrote Inductive Metrology; or, The Recovery of Ancient Measures from the Monuments, which represented his new approach to archaeological study. In 1904, he published Methods and Aims in Archaeology, the definitive work of his time.
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Ten Years’ Digging In Egypt 1881-1891 by W. M. Flinders Petrie
This is an online book from archive.org. Flinders Petrie is perhaps the greatest Egyptologist who ever lived, not in terms of the richness of tombs he discovered but because he spent so much of his life digging in Egypt. This book is a short summary of his digs in the field from 1881-1891. Yes, he was an intemperate, opinionated, short tempered individual who provided rough accommodations for himself, and his workers when in the field and his opinions of his workers mirror those of Europeans had of Egyptians but he is called “the father of archaeology” for good reason; he created the systematic methodology used by archaeologists today.… (more)
dnf @ 10% put this one down when i saw that the author subscribed to the idea that humans are divided into "aryan" and "semitic." i get it, the book was written in the early 1900s, but it still doesn't settle well with me.
William Flinders Petrie is, of course, one of the great names of Egyptology, but like many other great scientists of the past a lot of his work has been superseded. This book an scarabs and cylinder seals is a case in point; when originally published (1917) it was probably sate of the art but now the illustrations are small and difficult to make out and the transliterations don’t use the modern standards (“măot” for “ma’at”, for example).
One thing I had never realized, though; is that there are several genera of scarab beetles in Egypt, and the Egyptian workmanship exact enough that they can be told apart: Scarabaeus, Catharsius, Copris, Gymnopleurus, and Hypselogenia. At first I thought it might be possible to see evolutionary changes in the beetles – scarabs were popular for about 2500 years of Egyptian history – but it’s likely that changes in artistic style would wash that out. However, it might be possible to extract biogeographic information; are all these beetles still known from Egypt? I don’t know; entomologists and Egyptologists are welcome to run with it.… (more)
One thing I had never realized, though; is that there are several genera of scarab beetles in Egypt, and the Egyptian workmanship exact enough that they can be told apart: Scarabaeus, Catharsius, Copris, Gymnopleurus, and Hypselogenia. At first I thought it might be possible to see evolutionary changes in the beetles – scarabs were popular for about 2500 years of Egyptian history – but it’s likely that changes in artistic style would wash that out. However, it might be possible to extract biogeographic information; are all these beetles still known from Egypt? I don’t know; entomologists and Egyptologists are welcome to run with it.… (more)
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The autobiography of one of the worlds great archaeologists.
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