01279cam a2200301 i 4500 1262088037 TxAuBib 220316s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022012856 9780525509479 052550947X (OCoLC)21220 TxAuBib rda Olson, Lynne, author. Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction / Lynne Olson. First edition. New York : Random House, [2023] xx, 426 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-406) and index. Tells the story of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, a French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam as well as her activities during the French Resistance in World War II. Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane 1913-2011. Egyptologists France Biography. Egypt Antiquities. Biographies.