Empress of the Nile The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

Lynne Olson

eBook - 2023

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War “A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The GuardianIn the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: the international campaign to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely o...verlooked the daring French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples—including the...

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Published
Random House Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Author
Lynne Olson
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Kindle Book
ASINB0B2MKMS27
Release Date2/28/2023
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780525509493
Release Date2/28/2023