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Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
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Not coincidentally, the French and British were the largest and most active colonial powers during that period. Their no-holds-barred struggles to acquire such artifacts as mummies, sarcophagi, and papyrus scrolls—which on occasion involved
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