The Great Tomb-Robberies Of The Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty: Being A Critical Study, With Translations And Commentaries, Of The Papyri In Which These Are Recorded

Reprint of the 1930 edition. Hardbound. Oversized Folio. 9 X 12 Inches. 2 Volumes bound in one. XXXIX Plates. Oxford Pub. In Conjunction With The Provost & Fellows Of Worcester College At The Clarendon Press, 1930 . T. Eric Peet was one of a handful of English scholars who devoted their time to the decipherment and understanding of many of the payyri collected at Thebes. In 1930 Peet published his magnum opus, the Great Tomb-Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty. He died four years later. He documented how the robberies had been organized and how the culprits were caught and punished. Volume one is text, volume two contains 39 large plates of the papyri. Contents of volume two were reduced to fit into the 9 X 12 inch format of the reprint.