Dr Barbara Mertz

American author and Egyptologist who wrote under her name and pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. She earned a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago in 1952 and was celebrated for her mystery novels, including the Amelia Peabody series.

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Zsófia Torma

Hungarian self-taught archaeologist known for her groundbreaking excavations at Tordos, which uncovered connections between ancient cultures.

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Germaine Ford de Maria

Germaine Ford de Maria was a French philanthropist who funded Egyptologist Christiane Desroches Noblecourt’s excavation of the Valley of the Queens in the 1980s, among other cultural and environmental causes.

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