Another review of the exhibition Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology, University College London, currently at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. As well as describing the exhibition, this article looks at some of the details of Petrie's life: "In addition to being one of the first to document where objects were found at excavation sites, Petrie changed the emphasis of archeological research by showing that the mundane objects he uncovered were often as important as much grander monumental sculpture and architecture in illuminating the culture and history of a region, said Larkin. He was also one of the first to regularly publish his findings.
Despite Petrie's devotion to scientific methods - he is considered "the father of Egyptian archeology" by many in the field - his life sounds a little like an Indiana Jones movie. Home-schooled in an upper-middle-class English family, a somewhat sickly only child, Petrie taught himself how to read hieroglyphs and grew so skilled at coin collecting that he became a consultant for the British Museum while still in his teens."
Despite Petrie's devotion to scientific methods - he is considered "the father of Egyptian archeology" by many in the field - his life sounds a little like an Indiana Jones movie. Home-schooled in an upper-middle-class English family, a somewhat sickly only child, Petrie taught himself how to read hieroglyphs and grew so skilled at coin collecting that he became a consultant for the British Museum while still in his teens."
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