{"product_id":"9781911344261","title":"Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt’s ancient temples from destruction","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Olson, Lynne \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/04\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 448 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781911344261,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt’s ancient temples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: fifty countries had contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. 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. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a brave member of the French Resistance in World War II, she had survived imprisonment by the Nazis. Now, in her fight to save the temples, she had to face down two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world: Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and French president Charles de Gaulle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt’s ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt helped preserve a crucial part of its cultural heritage, and, just as importantly, made sure it remained in its homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57340902310261,"sku":"9781911344261","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781911344261.jpg?v=1783326196","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781911344261","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}