Books by Zahi A. Hawass and Complete Book Reviews
Zahi A. Hawass, Author . Doubleday $24.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-385-50305-1
Some 4,000 years ago, the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom began to build gigantic monuments to themselves in Giza, along the Nile River. Hawass—secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and one of Time
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Zahi A. Hawass, Author National Geographic Society $19.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7922-6665-5
Written by a lifelong Egyptologist, Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies by Zahi Hawass delineates and attempts to debunk the alleged curses attached to the entering of the pharaohs' tombs. Hawass has had mysterious experiences of...
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Zahi A. Hawass, Author ABRAMS $45 (268p) ISBN 978-0-8109-4542-5
Books on ancient Egypt abound but few of their authors have the authority of Hawass, the renowned archeologist who also serves as the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo. It was Hawass who discovered the famous Valley of
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Zahi A. Hawass, Author, Kenneth Garrett, Photographer National Geographic Society $35 (239p) ISBN 978-0-7922-6319-7
Forgotten artifacts unearthed from the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo or reclaimed from dusty warehouses for the institution's centennial exhibit ""Hidden Treasures"" join key pieces from the permanent collection to form the foundation of...
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Zahi A. Hawass, Author, Sandro Vannini, Photographer , photos by Sandro Vannini. Thames & Hudson $80 (296p) ISBN 978-0-500-05151-1
How could a full-color illustrated book of the golden treasures of King Tut not be dazzling? But this spectacular volume has the added virtues of color on almost every page, numerous gatefolds (including several double gatefolds) and multiple views (
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Zahi A. Hawass, Author, Abrams, Author ABRAMS $49.5 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8109-3942-4
During the summer of 1999, one of the more spectacular discoveries in recent archeological history was announced in Egypt. At the Bahariya Oasis, 230 miles southwest of Cairo, a large group of intact ancient Egyptian tombs were unearthed that...
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