A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) made Near Eastern archaeology a much more rigorous and scientific discipline. This 1906 account of archaeological work in the Sinai Peninsula, with additional chapters by Charles T. Currelly (1876-1957), describes the discovery of the Proto-Sinaitic script at Serabit el-Khadim.
A 1906 account of archaeological work in the Sinai Peninsula, notably at Serabit el-Khadim, where the Proto-Sinaitic script was discovered.