Bibliograph

Empress of the Nile, the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction, Lynne Olson

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Empress of the Nile, the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction, Lynne Olson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-680)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Empress of the Nile

Medium

text large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1369492010

Responsibility statement

Lynne Olson

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction

Summary

"In the 1960s, fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the Aswan High Dam. But the press coverage at the time overlooked the French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. A willful real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt helped preserve a crucial part of Egypt's cultural heritage and made sure it remained in its homeland." --Back cover

Table Of Contents

Map of Egypt -- Introduction -- A childhood passion -- Coming of age at the Louvre -- "A dangerous black sheep" -- A splendid adventure -- Upheaval in Cairo -- "Luck smiled on me again" -- Saving the treasures of the Louvre -- Resisting the Nazis -- Shock waves in Egypt -- "Ozymandias, king of kings" -- Disaster at Suez -- "These monuments belong to all of us" -- The greatest dig in history -- A champion in the White House -- A time of crisis -- The First Lady intervenes -- "Go, baby, go!" -- "No one was more resolute than she" -- The battle for Dendur -- "A cultural juggernaut" -- "Bringing them back to life" -- Jackie and Ari -- Operation Rameses -- Saving Philae -- Valley of the Queens -- "The most prestigious living Egyptologist in the world"

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