A History of Egypt, from the Earliest Times to the XVIth Dynasty - Part One AS NEW msx

London: Histories and Mysteries of Man Ltd,, 1991. Fascimilie Copy of the 1894 Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed alabaster-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xxi, 294, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The chair of Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College London was set up and funded in 1892 following a bequest from Amelia Edwards, who died suddenly in that year. Petrie's supporter since 1880, Edwards had instructed that he should be its first incumbent. He continued to excavate in Egypt after taking up the professorship, training many of the best archaeologists of the day. In 1904 Petrie published Methods and Aims in Archaeology, the definitive work of his time, in which he lucidly defined the goals and methodology of his profession along with the more practical aspects of archaeology—such as details of excavation, including the use of cameras in the field. With uncommon insight, he noted that research results were dependent on the personality of the archaeologist, who, in addition to possessing broad knowledge, had to have insatiable curiosity. His own abundance of that characteristic was never questioned.