Excavating in Egypt the Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982
T.G.H. James

A hundred years work of the Egypt Exploration Society is celebrated in this centenary volume, written by nine leading authorities. From the pioneering days of Amelia Edwards, a founder of the society, the essays describe the explorations of Flinders Petrie, Naville, Griffith, Emery, and many other great archeologists, showing how enormous and wide-ranging have been the discoveries made by the society. Quotations from reports and dairies bring to life the arduous conditions under which the excavators labored and reveal their very different approaches.

With 80 black and white illustrations.