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W. M. Flinders Petrie

W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853–1942). British Egyptologist and archaeologist; excavated widely in Egypt and Palestine, and published extensively on the Hyksos period.

• Hyksos and Israelite Cities 1906 Petrie’s excavation report and historical discussion of Hyksos remains. Includes his rendering of Egyptian ḥqȝ-ḫȝswt as “prince of the deserts” (or foreign lands), and his link from the Beni Hasan Absha scene to the later Hyksos royal title.