This hypothesis of the contents of the Mouseion, originally suggested by Nietzsche ( Rheinisches Museum 25 ( 1870 ) & 28 ( 1873 )), appears to have been confirmed by three papyrus finds – one 3rd century BC ( Flinders Petrie Papyri, ed.

* W. M. Flinders Petrie, History, vol.

The first precision measurements of the pyramid were made by Egyptologist Sir Flinders Petrie in 1880 – 82 and published as The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh.

En route back to London in 1932 Gardner stopped off in Egypt and, armed with a letter of introduction, joined Sir Flinders Petrie who was excavating the site of Tall al-Ajjul in Palestine.

In 1892 he worked under the tutelage of Flinders Petrie for one season at Amarna, the capital founded by the pharaoh Akhenaten.

* 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist ( d. 1942 )

Her work in Egyptology took place largely alongside her mentor and friend, the archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie, whom she worked alongside at University College London.

Margaret Murray accompanied the renowned Egyptologist Sir William Flinders Petrie, on several archaeological excavations in Egypt and Palestine during the late 1890s.

Like most female academics of her generation, Murray had received no formal training, instead being taught Egyptology by Flinders Petrie.

Another Egyptian sling was excavated in El-Lahun in Al Fayyum Egypt in 1914 by William Matthew Flinders Petrie.

* July 28 – William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist ( b. 1853 )

* June 3 – William Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist ( d. 1942 )

In the field of Egyptology, William Flinders Petrie pioneered sequence dating to penetrate pre-dynastic Neolithic times, using groups of contemporary artefacts deposited together at a single time in graves and working backwards methodically from the earliest historical phases of Egypt.

Most Egyptologists today side with Sir Flinders Petrie that Egyptian religion was strictly polytheistic, in which Thoth would be a separate god.

Flinders Petrie suggested that the odem, the first stone on the High Priest's breastplate, was a red jasper, whilst tarshish, the tenth stone, may have been a yellow jasper.

Egyptology became more professional via work of William Matthew Flinders Petrie, among others.

In 1880, Flinders Petrie, another British Egyptologist, revolutionized the field of archaeology through controlled and scientifically recorded excavations.

In 1899, Flinders Petrie opined,

Remains attributed to this pharaoh were indeed found during the excavations in this area conducted by Flinders Petrie, who confirmed the connection.

Siamun is cited as having built a temple dedicated to Amun, the remains of which were found by Flinders Petrie in the early 20th century, in the south of the temple of Ptah complex.

The excavations by Flinders Petrie revealed that this sector included armouries.

The first surveys and excavations of the 19th century, and the extensive work of Flinders Petrie, have been able to show a little of the ancient capital's former glory.

This temple was discovered in the early 20th century by Flinders Petrie, who identified a depiction of the Greek god Proteus cited by Herodotus.

The major excavations of the British Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, conducted from 1907 to 1912, uncovered the majority of the ruins as seen today.

Flinders Petrie excavated two large statues of Min at Qift which are now in the Ashmolean Museum and it is thought by some that they are pre-dynastic.

Flinders Petrie states that only one or two per cent of the mummies he excavated were embellished with portraits.

The tombs of this area were first excavated by Émile Amélineau in the 1890s and more systematically by William Matthew Flinders Petrie between 1899-1901 .< ref name =" shawp67 "> Shaw, Ian.

Farah south was first excavated by Flinders Petrie in the late 1920s.

* Flinders Petrie also excavated Tell el-Ajjul () in the 1930s.

The Meidum Pyramid was excavated by John Shae Perring in 1837, Lepsius in 1843 and then by Flinders Petrie later in the nineteenth century, who located the mortuary temple, facing to the east.

He studied at Jesus College in Cambridge, continuing to study Archaeology and Egyptology under Kurt Sethe in Göttingen and Strasbourg and then excavated sites in and around Egypt with Flinders Petrie and Somers Clarke.

Semerkhet's burial site was excavated in 1899 by archaeologist and Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie at Abydos and is known as " Tomb U ".

William Flinders Petrie excavated at Hawara, in 1888, finding papyri of the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, and, north of the pyramid, a vast necropolis where he found 146 portraits on coffins dating to the Roman period, famous as being among the very few surviving examples of painted portraits from Classical Antiquity, the " Fayoum portraits " illustrated in Roman history textbooks.

Governor La Trobe offered the MCC a choice of three sites ; an area adjacent to the existing ground, a site at the junction of Flinders and Spring Streets or a ten-acre ( about 4 hectares ) section of the Government Paddock at Richmond next to Richmond Park.

Numerous names in the area are associated with this event, including Cape Catastrophe, numerous islands named after the deceased and Memory Cove, where a tablet was erected by Flinders in their memory.

The first European to discover the area was the French Admiral Bruni D ' Entrecasteaux in 1792 and he named it Cap Arride ; Matthew Flinders anglicized the name in 1892 and the park took its name from this feature.

The most serious outbreak occurred in Flinders Chase, with 630 square kilometres ( or 85 % of the total Park area ) having been burnt.

View of Flinders University main campus, with central plaza and lakeside area visible.

The Moreton Bay area was initially explored by Matthew Flinders.

The first Europeans to visit the area were the navigators George Bass and Matthew Flinders, who landed at Lake Illawarra in 1796.

Dickinsonia is known from unskeletonised impressions in late Ediacaran quartz sandstones in Ediacara and elsewhere in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, as well as, Podolia of Ukraine, and the White Sea area and Central Urals of Russia, and has an estimated time range of 560-555 Myr .< ref name = Grazhdankin2004 >

Whilst they were resting in the area Flinders named the river the Derwent River ( the name John Hayes had given only to the upper part of the river ), Flinders referred to the mountain as ‘ Table Mountain ’ ( the name given to it by Bond and Bligh-young Matthew Flinders was with them in 1791 ) for its similarity in appearance to Table Mountain in South Africa.

However, the British first settled in the Hobart area in 1804, resulting in Flinders ’ name of ‘ Table Mountain ’ becoming more popular.

It covers the area from Flinders Street to Queen Victoria Market, and from Spencer Street to Spring Street.

The main shopping area is Endeavour Hills Shopping Centre, located on the corner of Matthew Flinders Avenue and Heatherton Road.

For their exploration efforts Bass and Flinders were rewarded with land grants in this area by Governor John Hunter.

Bass and Flinders investigated the area in 1796, deciding that it was not a suitable location for a settlement.

In 1795, explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders explored the Georges River and in 1798, grants of land for farming were made in the area.

Initial English explorers of the area were assisted by " King Bungary ," leader of the Broken Bay Guringai tribe who went on to assist Matthew Flinders in the circumnavigation of Australia.

In 1788 and again in 1792 ( with Matthew Flinders ) William Bligh stayed in the Adventure Bay area.

Much of the early work in the area involved cutting, sawing and dressing timber from Arthurs seat for the construction of piers around the bay and at Flinders.

The island forms part of the state of Tasmania, and part of the Municipality of Flinders Island local government area.

Flinders Island is only one of the many islands included in the Municipal area.

Along it are located two of the busiest railway stations in the city ; Flinders Street Station at its southern end, which is the hub of the suburban railway network ; and Melbourne Central station, an underground station beneath the Melbourne Central area at La Trobe Street.