Flinders Petrie

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Flinders Petrie was a pioneering British Egyptologist and archaeologist renowned for developing systematic excavation methods and establishing sequences of Egyptian pottery for dating ancient sites.

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Flinders Petrie canonical 33
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie 1

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instanceOf Egyptologist
archaeologist
author
human
university teacher
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
Royal Gold Medal for Archaeology
burialPlace American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1853-06-03
dateOfDeath 1942-07-28
educatedAt self-taught in archaeology and Egyptology
employer University College London
endTime 1933
ethnicGroup English
familyName Petrie
fieldOfWork Egyptology
Palestinian archaeology
archaeology
fullName Flinders Petrie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
givenName Matthew
William
hasReligion Christianity
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Howard Carter
Kathleen Kenyon
modern archaeological field methods
knownFor pioneering quantitative recording of artifacts
using pottery seriation to construct relative chronologies
languageSpoken English
memberOf British Academy
Royal Society of Literature
notableDiscovery Merneptah Stele
Abydos
surface form: excavations at Abydos

excavations at Naqada
excavations at Tell el-Hesi
notableFor developing sequence dating using Egyptian pottery
developing systematic excavation methods in archaeology
establishing ceramic typology for dating ancient sites
introducing scientific recording standards in field archaeology
notableWork A History of Egypt
Methods and Aims in Archaeology
Sequences in Prehistoric Remains
Giza Pyramids
surface form: The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh
occupation surveyor
placeOfBirth Charlton
Kent
placeOfDeath Jerusalem
Mandatory Palestine
positionHeld Professor of Egyptology at University College London
relative William Petrie
sexOrGender male
spouse Hilda Urlin
startTime 1892
workLocation Egypt
Palestine

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Queen’s Chamber surveyedBy Flinders Petrie
Egyptology hasKeyFigure Flinders Petrie
Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
Abydos excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Meidum Pyramid excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Lahun Pyramid discoveredBy Flinders Petrie
Lahun Pyramid excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Hawara pyramid complex excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Naukratis archaeologicallyExcavatedBy Flinders Petrie
James Quibell collaboratedWith Flinders Petrie
Memphis, Egypt excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Ka attestedByScholar Flinders Petrie
Flinders Petrie fullName Flinders Petrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
royal tombs at Abydos excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
subject surface form: Royal tombs at Abydos
Buto archaeologicalExcavationsBy Flinders Petrie
Howard Carter influencedBy Flinders Petrie
Howard Carter workedWith Flinders Petrie
Serabit el-Khadim excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Naqada excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Naqada archaeological area excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Abdju excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Temple of Seti I surveyedBy Flinders Petrie
Osireion discoveredBy Flinders Petrie
Umm el-Qaab excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Merneith discoveredBy Flinders Petrie
Merneith tombExcavatedBy Flinders Petrie
mortuary temple of Amenemhat III archaeologicalExcavationBy Flinders Petrie
subject surface form: Mortuary Temple of Amenemhat III
Egyptian Labyrinth excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Petrie hasNotableBearer Flinders Petrie
Amarna excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Hawara excavatedBy Flinders Petrie
Pyramid of Senusret II excavatedBy Flinders Petrie