Expert's legendary finds tour in exhibit [ Flinders Petrie ]

Rocky Mountain News ^ | March 2, 2006 | Ellen R. Stapleton

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Some of his best discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at University College London are currently touring the United States. "Excavating Egypt" is at the Albany Institute of History & Art through June 4... the bead-net dress that is one of two such garments that have survived from the Old Kingdom period, about 2400 B.C. Worn over another garment, it would have rattled with movement. One of Petrie's students found a box containing thousands of beads and shells in the previously robbed tomb of a girl, and they were restrung based on pictures from the period... He saw sites as time capsules and relied on variations in pottery, for example, in the dating process. One "tomb group" in the exhibit, from about 2000 B.C., contains bowls and jars, a wooden doll, a jewelry box and a scarab... Petrie excavated Amarna, where he identified the palace of Akhenaten, the first monotheistic pharaoh, and his wife, Nefertiti. The exhibit contains five artifacts bearing images of her iconic profile. At Hawara, Petrie unearthed a Roman cemetery where mummies were accompanied by painted portraits of the dead. The Petrie Museum has the largest collection of these second-century portraits, and one is part of the exhibit.

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Best of all, some authentic photos of Zahi Hawass shaking hands with Petrie are for sale in the gift shop.

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The statue of Imhotep, fabled architect of the step pyramid shown in the back- ground, is part of the "Excavating Egypt" exhibit in Albany, N.Y.

Tim Roske © AP

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"Best of all, some authentic photos of Zahi Hawass shaking hands with Petrie are for sale in the gift shop. "

I'm waiting for the autographed version to become available.

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:')

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The Merlot isn't bad, either.