About Mahmoud Maher Taha
Born 1942. Mahmoud Maher Taha is an Egyptian anthropologist and archaeologist.
Mahmoud Maher Taha (Arabic: Ù…Øمود ماهر طه (born 21 December 1942, in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian Egyptologist.
Taha obtained his B.A. in Egyptology from Cairo University (Department of Archeology) in 1963 and completed his Doctorate in the same field at the University of Lyon, France, in 1982.
He worked as General Director of Information Center of Egyptology and since 1992 has worked as General Director of the Center of Documentation and Studies on Ancient Egypt.
Mahmoud Maher Taha is an honorary member of the Association of the Safeguarding of the Ramesseum Temple (Memnonia) and has worked for over forty years in Nubia and Thebes (Archaeological Documentations).
Books
Le grand temple d'Abou Simbel (2001) La reine Nefertari: la plus belle Le tombeau de Menna (TT69), with Zawi Hawass (2002)
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Egyptian archaeologist
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Mahmoud Maher Taha was born on 21 December 1942 in Cairo.
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Mahmoud Maher Taha is an anthropologist and archaeologist.
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Mahmoud Maher Taha is Egyptian.
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