EGYPTIAN RESEARCH ACCOUNT: A society
carrying on archeological research in Egypt, which
had its beginnings about 1893, when through the
exertions of Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie a fund was
collected to assist students in Egypt. For eleven
years the fund (the " Research Account "), con-
tinued by subscriptions, was administered by Professor Petrie as a personal trust, and the students who
shared in it worked in accord with his excavations
latterly conducted for the
Exploration Fund
(q.v.). In 1905 a different basis was found desir
able, and the work was organized and expanded
at a public meeting of subscribers and friends held
in London. Regulations were adopted stating the
name
of the new association to be the "Egyptian
Research Account and British School of Archeology
in Egypt." The office was appointed at University
College, London. The objects were defined as
follows:
s. To conduct excavations and pay all expenses inci
dental thereto.
b. To discover and acquire antiquities and to distribute
the same to public museums.
c. To publish works.
d. To hold exhibitions.
e. To promote the training and assistance of students
All of these objects to be carried on in relation to Egypt,
meaning in general the Nile valley, but with occasional ex
tension to any part of the former kingdom of Egypt.
All receipts from subscriptions, bequest, or sale
of books are applied solely to the objects mentioned
above, and no expenses are incurred for offices or
management. Antiquities not claimed by the
Egyptian government are divided among subscribers
and among public museums in proportion to the
amounts contributed in their respective localities.
The management of the society is in the hands of
an executive committee appointed by a general
committee, which in turn is appointed by the sub
scribers at an annual general meeting held in
London. A director has charge of the work in the
field and the work of students. He is the professor
of Egyptology in University College, London, if
he choose to fill the position; if not, appointment
is made by the general committee on nomination of
the executive committee. Professor Petrie has con
tinued as director. Late work of the society has
been excavation at Tell el-Yehudiyeh, twenty miles
north of Cairo, where it is thought the celebrated
Hyksos capital Avaris hag been discovered, and also
the town and temple of Onus; the Jewish high priest
who fled to Egypt about 150 a.c. The exploration
of Memphis is now in progress, and it is estimated
that fully fifteen years will be required to excavate
the temple sites alone, apart from the city. The
following is the complete list of the society's pub
lications, and indicates the locality and character
of the work done since its beginning:
i. 1895. J. E. Quibell,
BaZlaa,
ii. 1898. J. E. Quibell,
The
Ramenaeum.
iii. 1897. J. E. Quibell, El Kab.
iv. 1898. W. M. Flinders Petrie, HiarakvntopoZis, i.
v. 1899. F. W. Green and J. E. Quibell,
Hisrakonfap
dia, ii.
vi. 1900. J. Garetang, EZ
Arabah.
vii. 1901. J, Garatang,
Mahosna,
viii. 1902. A. St. G. Caulfeild, The Temple of
the Kings.
ix, 1903. M, A. Murray, The Oaireion,
z, 1904. M, A. Murray,
Saqqara Maatabas, i.
L. Lost,
Gmrob.
xi. 1905. Hilda Petrie,
Saqqara Mastabaa, ii.
aii. 1908. W. M. Flinders Petrie, Hyksoa and laraeiite
Cities.
aiii. 1907. W. M. Flinders Petrie, Oiaeh and
Rifeh,
uv.
1908. W. M. Flinders Petrie,
Athribia
and
Memphis, 1
