Researches in Sinai, by William Matthew Flinders Petrie and Charles Trick Currelly. London: John Murray, 1906. English.
Account of the expedition to the 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).
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 believed to be the earliest inscription referring to "Israel".
XXIII, 280, [2] pp. + [99] plates (186 photographs and illustrations) + 4 maps, 25 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Some plates detached. Creases and minor tears to edges. Blemishes to binding. Partly detached spine; a tear along the spine and open tears to its edges. Stamp on inside back board.