The Revolutions of Civilization

Author(s): William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture, Social Science (culture & Anthropology), Antiquity

Narrators: Leon Harvey

Number of Chapters: 7

Length: 01 hour and 37 minutes

Language: English

British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europe & correlates contemporary events in different countries. A measure of the quality of civilisation is proposed by a comparison of artisan skill and effort judged in art, sculpture, and architecture between the timelines of radically different cultures. A special focus on Egypt presents evidence in a series of phases of art skill, rather than the leadership of a dynasty. (Summary by Leon Harvey)