Beneath the Sands of Egypt: Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist

✍ Scribed by Donald P. Ryan, PhD

• Book ID: 108103369
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062002808

✦ Synopsis

From the known to the unknown . . .

With its spectacular temples, tombs, monuments, and mummies, as well as esoteric metaphysics, legendary historical characters, and connections to the Bible, ancient Egypt has enticed the human imagination for centuries. This search for understanding and drive to uncover a lost civilization has also been the life work of archaeologist Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D. In Beneath the Sands of Egypt, he offers an intriguing personal account of a career spent researching the remains of Egypt's past--including his headline-making rediscovery of a lost tomb in the Valley of the Kings containing the mummy of the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Since his early childhood, Ryan dreamed of exploration and adventure. Inspired by his plastic dinosaurs, his books--including Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki--and his father's National Geographic collection, Ryan was determined to become an archaeologist. It is a quest that has taken him from harsh...