Zahi Hawass
Birth date: 1947-05-28
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Cleopatra has been fastinating people ever since she took the throne, and she didn't even have a modern PR person. This book was the companion to the National Geographic travelling show, which I did not see.First, the pictures are stunning. It's worth the cost of the book alone. Nice underwater ph...
First off, the photos of the findings in the Alexandria region thus far are beautiful. The statues are what one would expect to find in the region, and the jewelry found is profoundly similar to today's. The small essays on the Ptolemies, the region and Cleopatra herself were informative on an intro...
The photos in this book were largely beautiful and brought Ancient Egypt to life. However, I found the text itself to be dull and at times repetitive. Also, I felt that there was no comfortable flow to the book, which was part of the cause of repetition. Some of the things discussed seemed placed th...
The photos in this book are gorgeous and also let you see a different side of archaeology. I've always been in awe of Hawass' career and passion and they both come through in this book. I wish I could have read this as a child.
This book was FANTASTIC! I love the fields of anthropology and archeology, so the second I saw this book was coming out, I knew I had to read it. This book is unbelievably beautiful just for the photography alone. Yet, Dr. Hawass has managed to give interesting background information so far. I canno...
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