Post by Zadkiel on Jan 21, 2016 22:09:33 GMT
William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was a British author and Egyptologist; and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his wife Hilda. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.
