Archaeology · Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology
A topic within Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Archaeology.
2 works
Amelia B. Edwards
Documents monuments already crumbling under tourist damage and looting, and makes the case that led directly to founding the Egypt Exploration Fund: that Egypt's ancient remains need organised, funded protection.
W. M. Flinders Petrie
A first-person account of a decade of excavation that argues Egyptology's early treasure-hunting had destroyed more evidence than it recovered, and that only exact measurement and recording could recover what was left.
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