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	William Matthew Flinders Petrie - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS PETRIE (1853-), English egyptologist, was born at Charlton on the 3rd of June 1853, being the son of William Petrie, C.E. His mother was the daughter of Captain Matthew Flinders, the Australian explorer.
		He took an early interest in archaeological research, and between 1875 and 1880 was busily engaged in studying ancient British remains at Stonehenge and elsewhere; in 1880 he published his book on Stonehenge, with an account of his theories on this subject.
		In 1894 he founded the Egyptian Research Account, which in 1905 was reconstituted as the British School of Archaeology in Egypt (not to be confused with the Egypt Exploration Fund, founded 1892).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie (315 words)

	William Flinders Petrie
		Egyptologist William Flinders Petrie (1853- 1942) was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		The grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the coasts of Australia, he was born in Charlton, England.
		From 1892 to 1933 Petrie was the first Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College[?], London.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/William_Flinders_Petrie.html (226 words)

	Egypt: William Flinders Petrie, an Egyptologist, A Feature Tour Egypt Story
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie was the grandson of the first man to chart Australia.
		Petrie accepted and was given the sum of 250 pounds per month to cover his plus the excavation’s expenses.
		Flinders Petrie left Egypt in 1923 and went on to excavate in the Near East, where he traced Egyptian trade and cultural links, and added even more information to the field of Egyptology and expanded the breadth of growing knowledge of our ancient past.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/flinders.htm (1311 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Flinders Petrie
		Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		Flinders Petrie was encouraged from childhood in archaeological vocation.
		Flinders Petrie was also responsible for mentoring and training a whole generation of Egyptologists, including Howard Carter.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie (1406 words)

	Flinders Petrie - the Father of Archaeology
		Petrie was convinced that the key to ancient Egypt lay in the pyramids and he commenced a survey of them.
		Whilst Petrie was excavating using the stratification, he noticed the pottery changing from decorative to domestic, and from this he celebrated the discovery of pre dynastic Egypt.
		Petrie's methods of work led to approval from many academics of the time, his literary output was prodigious, with more than a thousand books and papers published.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.borthwick/LADAS/articles/Flinders_Petrie.html (1459 words)

	The Growth of Conscience by Sir William Matthew Petrie
		WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS PETRIE, Egyptologist and scholar, was born at Chariton in 1853.
		Petrie is ranked as one of the foremost Egyptologists.
		Petrie was appointed Edwards Professor of Egyptology at University College, London, in 1892, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the British Academy.
	www.humanists.freeserve.co.uk /our-beliefs/wmfpetrie.html/wmfpetrie.htm (1237 words)

	Virtual Kahun - William Matthew Flinders Petrie
		The man responsible for the excavation of the pyramid of Senwosret II and its surrounding area was Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
		Petrie was an inquisitive child and developed an insatiable appetite for facts, toying with mathematics, discovering geometry and devising chemical experiments at the age of 15.
		Petrie was known and respected for his belief in the importance of evidence like potsherds for informing the archaeologist about life in the past.
	www.kahun.man.ac.uk /petrie.htm (567 words)

	Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
		Grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the coasts of Australia, he was judged too frail to attend school and was educated at home by his parents.
		Petrie's measurements proved that Piazzi Smyth's theories were based on a logical fallacy, but he had become 'hooked' on the archaeology of Egypt.
		Petrie's most significant contribution to archaeology was in 1899 when he developed and applied a method of statistical analysis to the material from the prehistoric cemeteries at Naqada, Hu (Diospolis Parva), and Abadiya.
	www.pef.org.uk /Pages/Petrie.htm (365 words)

	WBS Great Pyramid 1
		William Petrie found that there is more earth and less sea in the Great Pyramid's meridian than in any other meridian on the earth.
		William Petrie, father of Professor Flinders Petrie, was the first to discover how the Great Pyramid reveals the distance to the sun.
		William Petrie found that by climbing a corner of the Great Pyramid, for every ten feet he traveled toward its center, he rose a vertical nine feet.
	www.biblestudents.ca /pages/library/great_pyramid/gp1.html (2247 words)

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		William Matthew Flinders Petrie received no formal education in archaeology, and yet he was appointed Professor of Egyptology at University College, London in 1892.
		Petrie was initially puzzled by the style of pottery and artifacts he found, and he was initially unsure as to whether the graves belonged to a race of ‘invaders’.
		Petrie had the foresight to number the pottery style divisions in groups from 30 to 80, so that subsequent finds of an earlier or later date could be included within an existing system.
	www.classics.und.ac.za /projects/pendlebury/petrie.htm (500 words)

	William Matthew Flinders Petrie Summary
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		Born in Charlton, England, Petrie was the grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the Australian coastline.
		Petrie was raised in a devout Christian household (his father being Plymouth Brethren), and was educated at home.
	www.bookrags.com /William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie (1312 words)

	The Petrie Museum
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie began his long career as an archaeologist when he was a young man. Petrie's father was a surveyor who taught his son how to use the most modern surveying equipment of the time.
		Petrie set out to test the theory put forth by a contemporary writer that the pyramids had been built with divine assistance, and that in its measurements could be found secret messages and profound truths about the history and destiny of the human race.
		Petrie was known and respected for his belief in the importance of evidence like pot sherds for informing the archaeologist about life in the past.
	www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk /william_flanders_petrie.php (623 words)

	PHONE-SOFT INTERNET DIRECTORY INTERNATIONAL:PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Illustrated biography and bibliography of the founder of modern archaeology by Stuart Shigehiro, hosted by the University of Lethbridge.
		Flinders Petrie: The Revision of Chronology - Chapter XII from Petrie's 'Researches in Sinai', concerning Egyptian chronology and the sed festival.
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) - Biography of the pioneer of scientific techniques in Egyptian archaeology from the Petrie Museum, University College, London, where Petrie was Professor of Egyptian Archaeology.
	www.phs2.net /cwi/L3/oa651i.htm (189 words)

	Flinders Petrie
		Flinders Petrie was a British Archaeologist and Egyptologist.
		In turn, Flinders' habits led him to be known as one of the great innovators of scientific method in excavation.
		Although Flinders was primarily self-taught and had no formal schooling, he was made Edwards Professor of Egyptology at University College, London in 1892 and was also the founder of The Egyptian Research Account, in 1894 (which eventually became the British School of Archaeology in 1905).
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/petrie_flinders.html (561 words)

	Petrie, William Matthew Flinders :: Egyptologists : Gourt
		Petrie is a suburb of the Pine Rivers Shire council on the northern bank of the North Pine River, 24 kilometres north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
		As of 2000, Petrie is a booming suburban village with over 7000 inhabitants with new housing developments on land which was previously used for pine plantations and agriculture.
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Photographs of the renowned archaeologist at different stages of life, many from Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology by Margaret S. Drower.
	science.gourt.com /Social-Sciences/Archaeology/Archaeologists/Egyptologists/Petrie,-William-Matthew-Flinders.html (471 words)

	Egypt, Science Social Sciences Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
		Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) - Biography of the famous Egyptologist by Jeffrey Hertaus, drawn mainly from encyclopedias.
		Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology - Is based at University College, London, where Petrie was Professor of Egyptian Archaeology.
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Photographs of the renowned archaeologist at different stages of life, many from "Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology" by Margaret S. Drower.
	egby.net /science-social-sciences-petrie-william-matthew-flinders.html (151 words)

	Small Coincidences: Smyth, Baden-Powell & Flinders Petrie
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie is known as a pioneer in the field of archaeology and Egyptology.
		William Petrie saw in Smyth's theories an admirable reconciliation of science and religion, and he wanted to do what he could in support of this reconciliation.
		Petrie added to the knowledge of the pyramid builders during his exploration of the necropolis of Abydos, holy city of the cult of Osiris, god of the dead.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /bp-petrie.htm (3183 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		The grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the coasts of Australia, Petrie was born in Charlton, England.
		Sir Flinders Petrie died in Jerusalem in 1939 and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/William_Flinders_Petrie (506 words)

	Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders - MSN Encarta
		Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders - MSN Encarta
		Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853-1942), British archaeologist and Egyptologist.
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born in Charlton,...
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573736/Petrie_Sir_(William_Matthew)_Flinders.html (78 words)

	Petrie Sir William Matthew Flinders: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		A tireless and meticulous excavator, Petrie was responsible for greatly advancing the methodology of archaeology.
		He was particularly innovative in the interpretation of deeply stratified deposits, undertaking the seriation of undecorated pottery and demonstrating how ceramics from Egypt could be used to establish the age of archaeological strata outside Egypt, a technique known as cross-dating.
		William Butler Yeats: The Poet as a Mythmaker, 1865--1939
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/petrie_sir_william_matthew_flinders.jsp (747 words)

	Flinders Petrie - Definition, explanation
		Flinders Petrie war der Sohn eines Landvermesserss und Ingenieurs.
		In den nÃ¤chsten Jahren weitete Flinders Petrie seine Arbeit Ã¼ber ganz Ãgypten aus und lernte dabei andere Ãgyptologen kennen.
		Flinders Petrie gilt als Vorreiter der modernen ArchÃ¤ologie.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fl/flinders_petrie.php (580 words)

	Amazon.de: Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology (Wisconsin Studies in Classics): English Books: Margaret S. Drower (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flinders Petrie has been called the "Father of Modern Egyptology" - and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archeological methods.
		Here 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 89.
		Before William Flinders Petrie, there were great explorers and great adventurers, some of whom even made finds of tremendous archeological note in Egypt.
	www.amazon.de /Flinders-Petrie-Archaeology-Wisconsin-Classics/dp/0299146200 (569 words)

	The archaeological record: Flinders Petrie in Egypt
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) first went to Egypt in 1880 at the age of 26, to survey the Great Pyramid.
		After the death of Flinders Petrie in Jerusalem in 1942, his widow Hilda sought to keep the School alive, but postwar conditions in London made this difficult, and the BSAE formally came to an end in 1954.
		1890: Petrie excavated at Tell el Hesy in Palestine for the Palestine Exploration Fund: this was one of the first digs in which the different layers of a large city mound were recorded to reveal the sequence of occupation layers and so the history of the ancient city (stratigraphy).
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /archaeology/petriedigsindex.html (722 words)

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		Petrie was born in Charlton, Kent on 3 June 1853.
		Petrie had no formal education, but became interested in Egypt after reading a book about the Great Pyramid when he was thirteen.
		Petrie excavated in Egypt for the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) from 1884 to 1886, but felt he needed more independence.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/print?ENC14 (218 words)

	HISTORY OF EGYPTOLOGY
		This was to mark the beginning of a more orderly method of study and also reflected increasing involvement in the analysis and preservation of the ancient monuments.
		From the 1890's onwards, the subject of Egyptology became progressively more professional as a result of the work of scholars such as William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who introduced and developed meticulous techniques of field recording and excavation.
		Petrie's techniques of excavation were vastly superior to that employed by most of his contemporaries.
	egyptologyonline.com /history1.htm (645 words)

	William Matthew Flinders Petrie - ArchaeoWiki
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June, 1853 - 28 July, 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		Sowada, Karin 1996 "The Politics of Error: Flinders Petrie at Diaspolis Parva", Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 7 (1996), pp.89-96, pl.8.
		Uphill, Eric 1972 "A Bibliography of Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), JNES 31 (1972), pp.356ff.
	www.archaeowiki.org /William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie (540 words)

	Science Fair Projects - William Flinders Petrie
		Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 - 28 July 1942) was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		After surveying British prehistoric monuments, including Stonehenge, Petrie went to Egypt in 1880 to measure the Great Pyramid at Giza.
		He went on to excavate at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Abydos and Amarna.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/William_Flinders_Petrie (413 words)

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