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Title: Secrets from the Sand: My Search for Egypt's Past by Zahi A. Hawass ISBN: 0-8109-4542-8 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Secrets of the Sand by Zahil Hawass
Comment: To begin with I am not sure what I expected of this book. I knew it was not going to be a scholarly text, and it is not. What it is is a very entertaining book based on the excavations by Zahil Hawass over the last thirty plus years working in Egypt. I found the text to be written for a reader with a more than casual interest in ancient Egypt. It is written in excellent form, with crisp text and is well laid out so that the text and accompanying photographs appear together on the same pages. This is a personal account of Dr Hawass excavations and must be taken as such. When there is a point of personal note regarding people, events and details, and how it effected him, they are included and because of such I found it interesting and entertaining.
The photos in this book are excellent, many of which have never been published and mainly in color. The book deals not only with excavations that Dr Hawass has done in the past, but also his plans for site control in the future in order to protect Egypt's monuments.
But the thing I found most interesting was his personal journey. That Dr Hawass never intended to become and Egyptologist when his career began but a lawyer struck me as ironic how people can by chance find their life's work and passion quite by accident.
I have red Zahil Hawass other books including "Valley of the Golden Mummies' and enjoyed them very much. But the personal account and details along with excellent photographs and well written text allowed me to see inside a career of one of Egypt's and the worlds most prominent archaeologists.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in ancient history.
Rating: 5
Summary: Autobiography of Dr. Zahi Hawass
Comment: This is a important biography of a Egyptian who has developed the study of Egypt for the people of Egypt and the world.As a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hawass has a wonderful academic background. He has directed a number of most importand digs of the early 21th century including the workmen's village at the the Pyramids and Golden Mummies. He has also worked to preserve the Giza area and published a number of earlier books on Egypt. This is a must read for informed student of Egypt. Also, are included are color photographs of his many famous sites.
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Title: The Secrets of the Sphinx: Restoration Past and Present by Zahi A. Hawass, Gaballa Ali Gaballa, H. E. Farouk Hosni ISBN: 9774244923 Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr Pub. Date: 15 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mysteries of Abu Simbel: Ramesses II and the Temples of the Rising Sun by Zahi A. Hawass, Farouk Hosni ISBN: 9774246233 Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley ISBN: 0500051232 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 24 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Curse of the Pharaohs : My Adventures with Mummies by Zahi Hawass ISBN: 079226665X Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Valley of the Golden Mummies by Zahi Hawass ISBN: 0810939428 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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