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Flinders Petrie

A Life in Archaeology

By: Margaret S. Drower

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Flinders Petrie

A Life in Archaeology

By: Margaret S. Drower

Flinders Petrie has been called the “Father of Modern Egyptology”—and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archaeological methods. This fascinating biography of Petrie was first published to high acclaim in England in 1985. Margaret S. Drower, a student of Petrie’s in the early 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, through his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt to his death in Jerusalem at the age of eighty-nine. Drower combines her first-hand knowledge with Petrie’s own voluminous personal and professional diaries to forge a lively account of this influential and sometimes controversial figure. Drower presents Petrie as he was: an enthusiastic eccentric, diligently plunging into the uncharted past of ancient Egypt. She tells not only of his spectacular finds, including the tombs of the first Pharaohs, the earliest alphabetic script, a Homer manuscript, and a collection of painted portraits on mummy cases, but also of Petrie’s important contributions to the science of modern archaeology, such as orderly record-keeping of the progress of a dig and the use of pottery sherds in historical dating. Petrie's careful academic methods often pitted him against such rival archaeologists as Amélineau, who boasted he had smashed the stone jars he could not carry away to be sold, and Maspero and Naville, who mangled a pyramid at El Kula they had vainly tried to break into.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299146235

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The Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards

Egyptologist, Novelist, Activist

By: Margaret C. Jones

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The Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards

Egyptologist, Novelist, Activist

By: Margaret C. Jones

In Victorian England, Amelia B. Edwards was an iconic cultural figure, admired by Trollope and Browning for her best-selling fiction and by the wider public for her witty, thought-provoking travel writing. In later life, she became a celebrated historian, bringing fresh understanding of the world of Ancient Egypt to a fascinated public and founding the Egyptian Exploration Fund (Society). This new biography uses previously overlooked sources to tell the story of her fascinating and unconventional life - her travels, travails and feminist activism - as well as touching on her occasionally problematic views on race. In appreciation of a figure ahead of her time, it examines her involvement in suffrage and animal rights societies as well as revealing new insights into Edwards' loving same-sex relationships with Ellen Rice Byrne and Lucy Renshaw. In doing so, it reveals a versatile, creative, witty, independent woman, and a true pioneer of her time.

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240

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350293997

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9781350293991

Flinders Petrie

A Life in Archaeology

By: Margaret S. Drower

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A Life in Archaeology

By: Margaret S. Drower

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Margaret Mead

The Complete Bibliography, 1925-1975

By: Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead

The Complete Bibliography, 1925-1975

By: Margaret Mead

The book contains a full bibliography, missing only the last few years, and an introduction by Mead on her writings.

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216

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Walter de Gruyter

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9027930260

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9789027930262

Moments with Margaret

A Collection of Poems

By: Margaret A. Pierson

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Moments with Margaret

A Collection of Poems

By: Margaret A. Pierson

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171

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462804748

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9781462804740

The Handmaid's Tale

Notes

By: Coral Ann Howells,Margaret Atwood

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The Handmaid's Tale

Notes

By: Coral Ann Howells,Margaret Atwood

Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms

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0582329183

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The Ancestors of Elmer Edwards

By: Steven G. Mariano

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The Ancestors of Elmer Edwards

By: Steven G. Mariano

A memoir consisting of episodes in the life of Margaret Benham. Its genesis was in the author's participation in "Save Your Life," a memoir-writing group.

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1604589922

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9781604589924

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