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Fascinating. Makes me want to read more about archaeology and ancient Egypt.

My “currently reading” stack (and I‘m loving them all).

This is the story of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, a French archaeologist/egyptologist, and how she was instrumental in saving ancient Egyptian artifacts - very large temples and statues that were extremely difficult to preserve and move.

#MayMontage #Queen Can‘t even tell you how long this has been on the TBR!🫣

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913-2011) was a French Egyptologist who accomplished amazing things. Here are two examples: She transported Louvre artworks to safety to prevent them from being stolen by Nazis during WWII. She spearheaded the drive to save Nubian temples from being permanently flooded by the Aswan High Dam. And there‘s more! #Audiobook read by Lisa Flanagan.

Jacqueline was fond of repeating an Egyptian saying: To speak of the dead is to make them live again.

More talk about books, including Atwood‘s Old Babes in the Woods; Zoe Whittall‘s The Fake; Marie Kapla‘s Osebal & the tagged biography.
April Wrap Up - #booktube #IndieBookstoreDay #sandhillcranes

https://youtu.be/7zlOfgD3c1w

If you are looking for a book that spans Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt‘s archeological efforts in Egypt, the saving of art in the Louvre during WWII, the crusade to save of Egypt‘s temples from flooding, Jackie Kennedy‘s role in saving art around the world, and Egyptian history, this is the book for you!

I have mixed feelings about “Egypt‘s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten & Nefertiti Were Gods On Earth”. Each chapter begins with an annoying & unnecessary fictional short that feels like padding. The focus on art is cool, but the authors tend to make sweeping statements without consistently proving them or disproving conflicting theories. I didn‘t like it as much as the 1998 book; I look forward to seeing how the 2023 one compares. #historathon2023

Reading takes you in all sorts of directions! Today it takes me through this door - the Museum of Archaeology, to learn more about Kathleen Kenyon working in Jerusalem in the 1950s.