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Protecting pharaoh's treasures : my life in Egyptology
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...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English German |
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Cairo
: The American University in Cairo Press
, 2017
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| Online Zugang: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5743/cairo/9789774168253.001.0001 |
| Verantwortlich: | Wafaa El Saddik and Rüdiger Heimlich |
| E-Book-Pakete: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Previously issued in print: 2017 Translated from the German Includes index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781617978173 |
