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Geraldine Harris

b. 1951

British egyptologist

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Born 1951. Geraldine Harris is a British anthropologist, egyptologist, children's writer, writer, university teacher and author.

Geraldine Harris (born 1951), sometimes credited as Geraldine Harris Pinch, is an English author and Egyptologist. She is a member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford.

Her works include the Seven Citadels quartet and numerous information text books about Egypt.

Partial bibliography White Cranes Castle, illustrated by Lisa Jensen, Macmillan (London), 1979. "Seven Citadels" series Prince of the Godborn, Greenwillow (New York City), 1982. The Children of the Wind, Greenwillow, 1982. The Dead Kingdom, Greenwillow, 1983. The Seventh Gate, Greenwillow, 1983. Gods and Pharaohs from Egyptian Mythology, illustrated by John Sibbick and David O'Connor, Lowe (London), 1982, Schocken (New York City), 1983, reprinted, P. Bedrick (New York City), 1996. The Junior Atlas of Ancient Egypt, Lionheart (London), 1989. New Kingdom Votive Offerings to Hathor, Griffith Institute (Oxford), 1989. Isis and Osiris, NTC Pub. Group, 1996. (Co-authored with Delia Pemberton) Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Peter Bedrick Books, 1999. Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, 2004. Contributor to journals, including Folklore and Orientalia.

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Geraldine Pinch

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British egyptologist

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Geraldine Harris was born in 1951.

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Geraldine Harris is an anthropologist, egyptologist, children's writer, writer, university teacher and author.

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Geraldine Harris is British.

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· Wikipedia: Geraldine Harris

· Wikidata: Q4952782

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