Flinders Petrie wrote this popular account of his first decade in the field for readers who wanted the results without the technical memoirs. He describes surveying the pyramids of Giza, digging at Tanis, Naukratis, Daphnae and Nebesheh, and the town sites where everyday tools, toys and furniture of ancient Egyptians came out of the sand.
An engaging first-hand record of how modern Egyptology was made, by its most influential pioneer. Download the free EPUB.