Zahi Hawass
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Illuminates the intriguing landscape of Thebes and the lives of the nobles who lived there in Egypt's Golden Age.
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ZAHI HAWASS
Date of Birth: 1947
Birthplace: Damietta, Egypt
Current Residence: Cairo, Egypt
Education: University of Alexandria, B.A.; University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Ph.D.
Profession: Archaeologist; Scholar; Writer; Undersecretary of State for the Giza Monuments
Influences, Interests and Interesting Tidbits: Zahi Hawass is one of the most prolific writers on pharaonic Egypt, and lectures internationally about the country's wealth of antiquities. First Lady Suzanne Mubarak commissioned Hawass to write this book about women in pharaonic Egypt in recognition of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.
Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt is full of color pictures from Hawass' vast collection. Many of the photos are of queens, courtesans and some of the monuments and tombs of pharaonic women. The most interesting of these are the paintings and statues of women in everyday situations: grinding flour, with their children, farming or making beer.
-Elizabeth Schmitt, Middle East Times
