Martin Stower Wrote:
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> The
> greater part of his professional career in
> archaeology took place during the 20th century.

> Need I point out how unserious this is? More
> realistic would be to note that Petrie retired
> less than one century ago.

Most people learn almost nothing outside their fields of expertise after their formal education. Indeed, even the methodology, epistemology, and metaphysics are mostly set even before college. Most of us are a product not only of our place but of our time and that time is usually defined by out final years of formal schooling. Petrie was very much a product of the 19th century.

But this is hardly the point. The point is that for most practical purposes Egyptology (no matter how you define it) is a product of the 19th century. They have not changed and grown with the times. They have not embraced modern technology or even mathematics. This isn't Petrie's fault. This is the fault of Egyptology that is afraid of the pyramid.




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 16-Feb-17 01:27 by cladking.