Protecting Pharaohs Treasures My Life In Egyptology

Growing Up In Egypts Nile Delta, Wafaa El Saddik Was Fascinated By The Magnificent Pharaonic Monuments From An Early Age, And As A Student She Dreamed Of Conducting Excavations Herself And Working In The Egyptian Museum In Cairo. At A Time When Egyptology Was Dominated By Men, Especially Those With Close Connections To The Regime, She Was Determined To Succeed, And Secured Grants To Study In Boston, London, And Vienna, Eventually Becoming The First Female General Director Of The Countrys Most Prestigious Museum. She Launched The First General Inventory Of The Museums Cellars In Its More Than Hundred-year History, In The Process Discovering Long-forgotten Treasures, As Well As Confronting Corruption And Nepotism In The Antiquities This Very Personal Memoir, She Looks Back At The History Of Her Country And Asks, What Happened To Egypt?