EMPRESS OF THE NILE: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a race against time: the campaign to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples--including the Temple of Dendur, now at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art--would currently be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. Photos.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 426
Publisher: Random
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9780525509486
Item #: 5380774
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