The Lost Pharaohs: The Romance of Egyptian Archaeology

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Summary: A Book of Wonderful Thing
Review: And indeed this entire book is filled with wonderful, fascinating things. We are with pioneer archaeologists as they dig through fifty centuries of time. We travel to
ancient Thebes, the Royal Valley, City of the Sun King. We learn how, after 4,600 years, the royal tomb of the Giza Pyramids was discovered, excavated, and
reconstructed-and what happened to those who dared to penetrate its secrets. We are witness to the incredible vision that greeted members of the Carter-Lord
Carnarvon expedition as they entered the perfectly preserved tomb of King Tut. Did his mummy really hold a curse? We read about the modern-day professor, who
upon entering a rich and ornate royal tomb found in the dust ou the floor footprints of the last person to leave-3,250 years ago!

Here is the world's most exciting detective story, told by a master reporter and Egyptologist, and filled with the adventures of those who were the first to unravel the
mysteries of this ancient
land. No one will ever know the real secret of the Sphinx, but modern archaeologists can tell us about the strange and fascinating people who built it.

THE LOST PHARAOHS takes you on an unforgettable journey along the Nile. Here is a civilization which has vanished and been recaptured, in our own time and on
these pages.

In search for material for his books on Ancient Egypt Leonard Cottrell has traveled nearly half a million miles. It is this on-the-spot reporting that makes his books
"come alive," even though he may be writing about a civilization 5,000 years old!

Born in Wolverhampton, England, in 1914, Mr. Cottrell is a senior writer and producer with the feature department of tine B.B.C. During the war he was a foreign
correspondent attached to the R.A.F. in the Mediterranean area.
Mr. Cottrell's devotion to the study of archaeology and history culminated in a highly praised B.B.C. series on Ancient Egypt. His several books on the ancient world
have received high critical acclaim both in England and the United States.