Scope of the Study
This study of ancient Egyptian beads is based upon the Petrie Collection in University College, London, with the addition of those materials as can be gathered from a perusal of various publications as well as a rough examination of specimens in the Ashmo
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Ancient Egyptian Beads
Ancient Egyptian Beads
Nai Xia
Ancient Egyptian Beads
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Nai Xia Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing China
Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com Nia Xia (1910.2.7—1985.6.19) ISBN 978-3-642-54867-3 ISBN 978-3-642-54868-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-54868-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Foreword
This book—Ancient Egyptian Beads, is based on the Ph.D. dissertation written by Xianai when he studied in London College University, 70 years ago. Sir William Flinders Petrie said that the study of ancient Egyptian beads would become one of the crucial research topics. Echoing this idea, in 1938 Xianai studying under the supervision of Prof. S. Glanville—the successor of Petrie, chose the topic of ancient Egyptian beads for his Ph.D. dissertation. At that time very few people had researched this field. Taking advantage of a large collection of ancient Egyptian beads at UCL and his direct access to considerable firsthand resources of the forefront Egyptology research, and using his archeological exp
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