El Mahdy, Christine

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EL MAHDY, Christine

EL MAHDY, Christine. Also writes as Christine Hobson. British. Genres: Archaeology/Antiquities. Career: Egyptologist and author. Teacher of Egyptology in England and Europe; Egyptian Society, Taunton, England, founder, 1989; British Centre for Egyptian Studies, Somerset, England, founder. Worked at Bolton Museum. Publications: (as Christine Hobson) Exploring the World of the Pharoahs, 1987, in US as The World of the Pharaohs; Mummies, Myth, and Magic in Ancient Egypt, 1989; Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of a Boy-King, 1999. Address: British Centre for Egyptian Studies, Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9DT, England.

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