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Flinders Petrie, an Uncommon card
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, commonly known as simply Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Flinders Petrie quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Flinders Petrie card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some consider his most famous discovery that of the ______ Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.
Answer
Merneptah. Some consider his most famous discovery that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred. From the Flinders Petrie article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Undoubtedly at least as important is his ____ discovery and correct identification of the character of the Proto-Sinaitic script, the ancestor of almost all alphabetic scripts.
Answer
1900s. Undoubtedly at least as important is his 1905 discovery and correct identification of the character of the Proto-Sinaitic script, the ancestor of almost all alphabetic scripts. From the Flinders Petrie article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his Irish-born wife, Hilda Urlin.
- Some consider his most famous discovery that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.
- Undoubtedly at least as important is his 1905 discovery and correct identification of the character of the Proto-Sinaitic script, the ancestor of almost all alphabetic scripts.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Flinders Petrie article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Flinders Petrie (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
