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Empress of the NileBy: Lynne Olson New York Times Book Review Editors Choice The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcades Secret War A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.The
By: Lynne OlsonNew York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The Guardian
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: the international campaign to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the daring French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples—including the Temple of Dendur, now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art—would currently be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. It was an unimaginably complex project that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled and rebuilt on higher ground.
Willful and determined, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a member of the French Resistance in World War II she survived imprisonment by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she defied two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world, Egypt’s President Abdel Nasser and France’s President Charles de Gaulle. As she told one reporter, “You don’t get anywhere without a fight, you know.”
Desroches-Noblecourt also received help from a surprising source. Jacqueline Kennedy, America’s new First Lady, persuaded her husband to help fund the rescue effort. After a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt’s ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt helped instead to preserve a crucial part of that cultural heritage.
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one of the best chargers ive owned
Color: Orange
I love this thing I charge everything from my iPhone 17pro ,drone battery's, meta glasses , flash lights
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Worth your money, each to carry and fast at charging and maintaining devices at good temperature
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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great charger. My new favorite.
Color: Blue
I am very happy with this Anker smart charger. It displays the current wattage, recognizes plugged-in devices, and charges my devices much faster. Its compact size is also great for travel, and the product seems well-built and durable.
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★★★★★ 4
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Color: Orange
It’s a cool charger. It seems to work as advertised, as in it trickle charges when needed or pushes the power hard when you need it. The only complaint I have is the animation lasts a little long and there seems to be no way to manually turn it off when you want to. When plugging in my phone at night, it’s annoying to have that much light for so long when trying to sleep. That all said, I’d buy it again if this one failed, I do like it, just that one annoying thing.
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