Memoir Of The Egypt Exploration Fund

Author : W. M. Flinders Petrie
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ISBN 13 : 9781332618491
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Tanis, Vol. 1 written by W. M. Flinders Petrie and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tanis, Vol. 1: Part I., 1883-4, Second Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund The present work is half taken up with an account of the monuments of San, which had been nearly all discovered by Mariette, but of which no connected or detailed account has hitherto been written. Such a publication of the remains of a city which was only inferior to the other capitals - Thebes and Memphis - in the splendour of its sculptures, needs no comment. The other half of the account is occupied with the results of the various excavations which I carried on, and which yielded us much information on the age of many classes of objects, besides furnishing the British Museum with several antiquities of types unknown before. In laying this memoir before the subscribers, I have endeavoured to hit the mean between the lavish style of Government publications, such as seems to have become associated with work in Egypt, and on the other hand the unpleasantly rough manner which sometimes appears in foreign works. If anything more elaborate is wished for in the matter of plates, the only reply must be that the money which would be thus spent is really wanted for actual work; the only reason that I regret the need of doing these plates myself is that it is impossible, with the many other matters that must be attended to, to issue more than a moiety of the inscriptions of San this season. The photographs taken during the season 1883-4 are now all in England; some of the most important are reproduced in this volume, and many were exhibited at the General Meeting at the Royal Institution. Subscribers wishing to see the series are requested to communicate with Mr. Murray, 113, Pentonville Road, London, N., from whom a set can be obtained for inspection. Copies of any of them may be had at cost price from him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.