The haunting funerary paintings on wood coffins found in Roman Egypt still represent some of the most vivid images that come to us from the ancient world. These paintings were first discovered by Flinders Petrie, father of modern archaeology, in his excavations in the Egyptian Fayum during the 1880s and have rested at University College London for over 100 years. Now, the Petrie Museum is bringing this corpus of paintings to the public in a stunning catalog. Living Images is a beautiful and authoritative presentation of the restored collection that will be an essential reference for scholars...
The haunting funerary paintings on wood coffins found in Roman Egypt still represent some of the most vivid images that come to us from the ancient wo...
This collection of the Petrie Museum's previously unpublished archive photographs from three of Flinders Petrie's key sites in Egypt (Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan) presents a fascinating insight into early archaeological photography, which will be of great interest to the informed reader. The detailed commentary explores Petrie's working methods, attempts to analyse the distribution of finds and the present location of many of the objects photographed, and deals frankly with the limitations of the information available to us. This commemorative volume will be an invaluable research tool for...
This collection of the Petrie Museum's previously unpublished archive photographs from three of Flinders Petrie's key sites in Egypt (Gurob, Sedment a...