Talk by W. B. Emery Professor of Egyptology in the University of London
Sir Flinders Petrie, the founder of scientific archaeological mcrhod in Egypt, was born a hundred years ago. Work ng in the Petrie tradition, the Egypt Exploration Society has recently re-opened excavations at North Saqqara and made a number of important finds, including a large First Dynasty tomb-probably of King Uadji (c. 3100 B.C.). Professor Emery, who directed rhe excava'ions, speaks of the light thrown by these finds on the origins of civilisation in Egypt.