See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

MATTHEW See also:

• FLINDERS, MATTHEW (1774-1814)

FLINDERS See also:

• PETRIE, GEORGE (179o-1866)
• WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS PETRIE (1853– )

PETRIE (1853– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English egyptologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Charlton on the 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1853, being the son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• PETRIE, GEORGE (179o-1866)
• PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS (1853– )

Petrie, C.E . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the daughter of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• FLINDERS, MATTHEW (1774-1814)

Flinders, the Australian explorer . He took an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• INTEREST

interest in archaeological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, and between 1875 and 188o was busily engaged in studying See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• BRITISH

British remains at See also:

• STONEHENGE (Sax. Slanhengist, hanging stones)

Stonehenge and elsewhere; in 188o he published his See also:

• BOOK

book on Stonehenge, with an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his theories on this subject . He was also much interested in ancient weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures, and in 1875 published a See also:

• WORK

work on Inductive Metrology . In 1881 he began a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of important surveys and excavations in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, beginning with the pyramids at Giza, and following up his work there by excavations at the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple at Tanis (1884), and discovering and exploring the long-lost See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• NAUCRATIS

Naucratis in the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta (1885), and the towns of Am and See also:

• DAPHNAE (Tahpanhes, Taphne; mod. Defenneh)

Daphnae (1886), where he found important remains of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when they were inhabited by the Pharaohs . Between 1888 and 1890 he was at work in the See also:

• FAYUM

Fayum, opening up Hawara, Kahun and See also:

• LACHISH

Lachish; and in 1891 he discovered the ancient temple at Medum . Much of this work was done in connexion with the See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine Exploration Fund . By this time his reputation was established . He published in 1893 his Ten Years' Diggings in Egypt, was given the honorary degree of D.C.L. by See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and was appointed See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor of Egyptology at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1894 he founded the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian Research Account, which in 1905 was reconstituted as the British School of See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

Archaeology in Egypt (not to be confused with the Egypt Exploration Fund, founded 1892) . Perhaps the most important work which the School has accomplished has been the investigation of the site of See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis (q.v.) The extent as well as the See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Professor Petrie's excavations may best be shown by a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his See also:

• WORKS

works .