Researches in Sinai Petrie Paperback Cambridge University Press 9781108065757

Researches in SinaiAuthor(s): William Matthew Flinders Petrie\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108065757, 978-1108065757\nSynopsis\nA pioneering Egyptologist, dedicated to careful, methodical and economical research, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie [tel] made Near Eastern archaeology a much more rigorous and scientific discipline. This 1906 publication covers Petrie's work in the Sinai Peninsula, investigating the historical and biblical significance of the region, especially as it related to the Exodus. Copiously illustrated with photographs, the book depicts the region's climate, geography and antiquities, recording the logistical and archaeological processes that characterised Petrie's approach. Notable is the material on ancient turquoise mines and a Middle Kingdom temple at Serabit el-Khadim, where inscriptions in the previously unknown Proto-Sinaitic script were discovered. Several c.