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Works of Flinders Petrie enter the Public Domain

ByRob Bradshaw

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie died in 1942, which means that his works published in the UK are now in the Public Domain. To celebrate this occasion the following books can now be downloaded free of charge:

W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], Egypt and Israel. London: SPCK, 1922. Hbk. pp.150.

W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], Palestine and Israel. Historical Notes. London: SPCK, 1934. Hbk. pp.99 +16 plates.

For more information about Flinders Petrie, visit his page on the Palestine Exploration Fund website.

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