Christine El Mahdy (1950–2008)
Author of The World of the Pharaohs: A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt
About the Author
Christine El Mahdy is an Egyptologist at Yeovil College where she is the founder and director of the Egyptian Society
Works by Christine El Mahdy
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- Other names
- Hobson, Christine
Bamford, Christine Margaret (birth name) - Birthdate
- 1950-05-31
- Date of death
- 2008-02-07
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- Egyptologist
historian
biographer - Organizations
- Liverpool University
Yeovil College - Relationships
- Hamid, Abdel (spouse)
- Short biography
- Christine El Mahdy was a British Egyptologist and writer. At Yeovil College in Somerset, England, she was the founder and director of the Egyptian Society. Her books included Exploring the World of the Pharaohs (1987), Mummies, Myth and Magic (1991), Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King (2000), and The Secret of the Great Pyramid (2005).
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Bamford, Derbyshire, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- Derbyshire, UK
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Describes the origins and purpose of mummification, clears up misconceptions about mummies, and looks at recent scientific studies
A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt. Here, for everyone intrigued by the ancient land of the pyramids, is a comprehensive record of civilization along the Nile and an in-depth account of Egyptian archaeology from its beginnings. With the decipherment of hieroglyphics in the early nineteenth century, many of the secrets of the pharaohs and their culture were revealed for the first time to the modern world. Adventurers and fortune hunters as well as scholars flocked to Egypt, thus initiating...
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
- #37,862
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 23
- Languages
- 6