Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders
by Zahi Hawass
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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ZAHI HAWASS is the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza Plateau. He studied archaeology in Egypt and in the United States, earning a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the American University in Cairo, at UCLA, and at and other universities throughout the world, and he is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including the bestselling Valley of the Golden Mummies . He was the host of such National Geographic television specials as Open the Lost Tombs and Pyramids Live .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1714626785ALK
- Title
- Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders
- Author
- Zahi Hawass
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 2006
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