Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology.

The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narr…

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