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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Olson, Lynne, author.     Subjects     Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, 1913-2011.     Archaeologists -- France -- Biography.     Egyptologists -- France -- Biography.     Egypt -- Antiquities.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Olson, Lynne, author.       by title:      Empress of the Nile ...         MARC Display

Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction / Lynne Olson. by Olson, Lynne, author. New York : Random House, [2023] Subjects Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, 1913-2011.   Archaeologists -- France -- Biography.   Egyptologists -- France -- Biography.   Egypt -- Antiquities. ISBN:  9780525509479 (hardcover) : 052550947X (hardcover) Description:  xx, 426 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  1 Summary:  "In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time-an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples-including the Met Museum's Temple of Dendur-would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir. It was a project of unimaginable size and complexity that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. A willful, real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a brave member of the French Resistance in WWII she had survived imprisonment by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she had to face down two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser and French President Charles de Gaulle. As she told one reporter, "You don't get anywhere without a fight, you know." Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played a crucial role in the endeavor. The other one was Jacqueline Kennedy, America's new First Lady, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt's ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt had done the opposite. She had helped preserve a crucial part of its cultural heritage and, just as important, made sure it remained in its homeland"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Checked In Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Biography B Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Biography B Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 932.0092 Desroches-Noblecourt Ol Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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