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Protecting Pharaoh's Treasures: My Life in Egyptology
Wafaa El Saddik
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Description for Protecting Pharaoh's Treasures: My Life in Egyptology
Hardcover. The incisive memoir of the first woman to become general director of Cairo's Egyptian Museum Translator(s): Stockman, Russell. Num Pages: 280 pages, 61 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. .
Growing up in Egypt's Nile Delta, Wafaa El Saddik was fascinated by the magnificent pharaonic monuments from an early age, and as a student she dreamed of conducting excavations herself and working in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. At a time when Egyptology was dominated by men, especially those with close connections to the regime, she was determined to succeed, and secured grants to study in Boston, London, and Vienna, eventually becoming the first female general director of the country's most prestigious museum. She launched the first general inventory of the museum's cellars in its more than hundred-year history, in ... Read more
Growing up in Egypt's Nile Delta, Wafaa El Saddik was fascinated by the magnificent pharaonic monuments from an early age, and as a student she dreamed of conducting excavations herself and working in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. At a time when Egyptology was dominated by men, especially those with close connections to the regime, she was determined to succeed, and secured grants to study in Boston, London, and Vienna, eventually becoming the first female general director of the country's most prestigious museum. She launched the first general inventory of the museum's cellars in its more than hundred-year history, in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774168253
SKU
V9789774168253
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About Wafaa El Saddik
Wafaa El Saddik studied Egyptology in Cairo and Vienna. She was the first Egyptian woman to direct an excavation, and the first female general director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. She has been honored for her curatorial work on exhibitions inside and outside Egypt, and has received a number of international professional and humanitarian awards. She lives in Cologne ... Read more
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