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Description : Title: Scarabs and Cylinders with Names. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London. Author: Flinders Petrie - Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his wife, Hilda Petrie. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings. [Courtesy Wikipedia] Publisher: London School of Archaeology in Egypt / Constable & Co. Ltd. / Bernard Quaritch City: London Year: 1917 Printing Information: First Edition Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: 46 / lxxiii pages Width: 10.25 Height: 12.5 Book Details: Scarabs were the popular amulets in Ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archeologists and historians of the ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art. For reasons that are not clear (although no doubt connected to the religious significance of the Egyptian god Khepri), amulets in the form of scarab beetles had become enormously popular in Ancient Egypt by the early Middle Kingdom (approx. 2000 BCE) and remained popular for the rest of the pharaonic period and beyond. During that long period the function of scarabs repeatedly changed. Primarily amulets, they were also inscribed for use as personal or administrative seals or were incorporated into jewelry. Some scarabs were apparently created for political or diplomatic purposes to commemorate or advertise royal achievements. By the early New Kingdom heart scarabs had become part of the battery of amulets protecting mummies. From the middle Bronze Age, other ancient peoples of the Mediterranean and the Middle East imported scarabs from Egypt and also produced scarabs in Egyptian or local styles, especially in the Levant. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) Condition / Notes: This antique volume is bound in red half-cloth with printed paper-covered boards. There is moderate rubbing to the edges and corners, with heavier rubbing and toning to the paper covers. The binding is solid. The pages show mild age toning and scattered light spotting/foxing. This work is profusely illustrated with diagrams and plates of scarabs and other artifacts. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $7.50
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