Researches in Sinai, by William Matthew Flinders Petrie and Charles Trick Currelly. London: John Murray, 1906. English. One-of-a-kind Documentation The journey to Sinai Desert, led by Flinders Petrie and funded by the Egypt Exploration Society, reporting on its archeological researches in the peninsula. Among other subjects, the book deals with the site of Serabit el-Khadim on Jabal Sirbal, which is considered by some to be the Biblical Mount Sinai, and the Exodus from Egypt. Includes 186 photographs and illustrations (on 99 plates) and four maps (plates). One of the most important publications about the Sinai Peninsula.
William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of modern archaeological research. His most famous discovery is the Israel Stele (also known as the Merneptah Stele) which is acceptable by researchers to be the earliest inscription referring the name "Israel". And also discovered the Serbit Hadam temple.
XXIII, 280, [2] pp. + [99] plates (186 photographs and illustrations) + 4 maps, 25 cm. Gilt edges. Some of the boards are disconnected. Tears in spine. general condition good.
