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English edition
Jan
2011
276 pp.
Paperback
20X25 cm
$29.95
LE 180.00
ISBN
978 977 416 121 6
For sale worldwide
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Secrets from the Sand
My Search for Egypt’s Past: New Paperback Edition
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Zahi Hawass
New paperback edition
Zahi Hawass, familiar to millions from his many television appearances, provides stirring descriptions of his life’s work accompanied by many previously unpublished photographs. He takes us from the famous monuments at Giza, where he supervised the restoration of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid and excavated the cemetery of the pyramid builders, to the Valley of the Golden Mummies in Bahariya Oasis.
A storyteller par excellence, Dr. Hawass speculates about life in ancient Egypt based on a scientific analysis of excavations conducted by himself or under his supervision. He also spins tales of tomb robbers, explains how he negotiates with local Egyptians whose houses may lie directly above important sites, and describes in exciting detail the experience of entering an ancient tomb for the first time after thousands of years.
Zahi Hawass is the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. He is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including Life in Paradise (AUC Press, 2009).
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“ Books on ancient Egypt abound but few of their authors but few of their authors have the authority of Hawass. Anyone with a passion for ancient Egypt will deem this volume required reading, an invaluable addition to their collection of books”
From Publisher’s Weekly.
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