Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction
Olson, Lynne2023
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Total copies: 1
The riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt's ancient temples. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: fifty countries had contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. It was a project of unimaginable size and complexity that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir.
Main title:
Author:
Olson, Lynne, author
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Imprint:
London : Scribe UK, 2023.
Collation:
448 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781911344261 (hbk)
Dewey class:
932.0090909932.009
Language:
English
Subject:
Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, 1913-2011International Campaign to Save the Monuments of NubiaWomen archaeologists -- FranceArchaeologists -- FranceExcavations (Archaeology) -- NubiaHistoryEgyptBiography: historical, political & militaryTrue stories: discovery / historical / scientificHistoryArchaeology
BRN:
626017