About the Author
My love for history and archeology have accompanied me since childhood, and I’ve been fortunate to grow up in an area rich in remains from various past cultures; something that has given me the opportunity to participate in numerous archaeological excavations in ruins of the Iberian and Roman period in Spain. I graduated in History, specializing in ancient history and protohistory, and so far I have published the books "The Iberians" (Akal, 2013, in Spanish), "The Iberians and their World" (Akal, 2014, in Spanish), “The Iberians and the war” (Amazon, 2014, in Spanish), “Tutankhamun tomb and the curse of the mummies” (Amazon, 2014), and "The Royal Mummies' Hideout" (Amazon 2014 in Spanish, and 2015 in English), "The silver Pharaohs" (Amazon, 2016), "Sex and Erotism in Ancient Egypt" (Amazon 2015, in Spanish, and 2016 in English), "Lost and Found Pharaohs" (Amazon 2016, Spanish and English), "The Phoenicians in the Iberian Peninsula" (Akal, 2017, in Spanish) and "Iberia's warriors" (La esfera de los libros, 2018, in Spanish).
My love for history and archeology have accompanied me since childhood, and I’ve been fortunate to grow up in an area rich in remains from various past cultures; something that has given me the opportunity to participate in numerous archaeological excavations in ruins of the Iberian and Roman period in Spain. I graduated in History, specializing in ancient history and protohistory, and so far I have published the books "The Iberians" (Akal, 2013, in Spanish), "The Iberians and their World" (Akal, 2014, in Spanish), “The Iberians and the war” (Amazon, 2014, in Spanish), “Tutankhamun tomb and the curse of the mummies” (Amazon, 2014), and "The Royal Mummies' Hideout" (Amazon 2014 in Spanish, and 2015 in English), "The silver Pharaohs" (Amazon, 2016), "Sex and Erotism in Ancient Egypt" (Amazon 2015, in Spanish, and 2016 in English), "Lost and Found Pharaohs" (Amazon 2016, Spanish and English), "The Phoenicians in the Iberian Peninsula" (Akal, 2017, in Spanish) and "Iberia's warriors" (La esfera de los libros, 2018, in Spanish).
My Books in English
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Lost (and Found) Pharaohs
If anything could ever stir the imaginations of lovers of the ancient world, and of Pharaonic Egypt in particular, it would be the tombs and treasures left by the kings who died thousands of years ago but left their monuments behind. Such monuments have etched their names into the history of mankind, and they continue to impress us today just as much as the times in which they were built.
Curiously, it wasn’t inside of these magnificent monuments where the bodies of the pharaohs who made possible these extraordinary Egyptian constructions were found, but they were instead hidden in modest graves and dirty caves, where they managed to evade thieves throughout the centuries.
In the following pages we will review some of these findings that once astonished and blew the world away, although it is true that not all of them had the same media coverage. Of course, there is the most famous of all the tombs—that of Tutankhamun—but also others that are not so known as the necropolis of Tanis that presented the paradox of being the one that brought out not one, but three intact royal tombs, and yet is also one of the least known episodes of Egyptian archaeology. Not to mention the first major finding, the discovery in the mountains of Deir el Bahari, of a cache with dozens of mummies, among which there were those of some of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's history .
I hope you enjoy it.
Important: This book includes my ebooks: "The Royal mummies' Hideout", "Tutankamun’s Tomb and the Curse of the Mummies" and “The Silver Pharaohs (The Royal Tombs of Tanis)”.
Lost (and Found) Pharaohs
If anything could ever stir the imaginations of lovers of the ancient world, and of Pharaonic Egypt in particular, it would be the tombs and treasures left by the kings who died thousands of years ago but left their monuments behind. Such monuments have etched their names into the history of mankind, and they continue to impress us today just as much as the times in which they were built.
Curiously, it wasn’t inside of these magnificent monuments where the bodies of the pharaohs who made possible these extraordinary Egyptian constructions were found, but they were instead hidden in modest graves and dirty caves, where they managed to evade thieves throughout the centuries.
In the following pages we will review some of these findings that once astonished and blew the world away, although it is true that not all of them had the same media coverage. Of course, there is the most famous of all the tombs—that of Tutankhamun—but also others that are not so known as the necropolis of Tanis that presented the paradox of being the one that brought out not one, but three intact royal tombs, and yet is also one of the least known episodes of Egyptian archaeology. Not to mention the first major finding, the discovery in the mountains of Deir el Bahari, of a cache with dozens of mummies, among which there were those of some of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's history .
I hope you enjoy it.
Important: This book includes my ebooks: "The Royal mummies' Hideout", "Tutankamun’s Tomb and the Curse of the Mummies" and “The Silver Pharaohs (The Royal Tombs of Tanis)”.
"History Short Reads" Series
The next books are all part of the "History Short Reads" series, in which I present episodes or specific aspects of history with a special appeal to the general public. I intend to do this without neglecting the depth and quality at any time, and always in an entertaining tone which I hope will delight all history lovers.
Although the covered topics could fill more voluminous works, I made an effort of synthesis, avoiding the more technical aspects, and always looking for concise narratives that would allow us to read them at a stretch.
I hope you enjoy them
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Tutankhamun's Tomb and the Curse of the Mummies
An almost unknown pharaoh, a hidden tomb beneath the sands of the desert, a treasure like no one had seen before.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb supposed undoubtedly the most spectacular achievement of archeology of the twentieth century, and despite what many think was not a chance finding, but the result of years of hard work of a tireless man in search of a dream, an impossible; the eternal resting place of a dark king who had left just few traces of his passage through this world.
His tomb, almost intact and full of undreamed riches, stimulated the imagination of the astonished viewers of the whole world, who soon trembled at the supposed curse that annihilated everyone who had anything to do with the tomb of the Pharaoh Child. Today we know that the only curse was the one that suffered the body of the poor king, humiliated and dismembered unceremoniously for wrest the fantastic jewelry we see today in the Cairo museum.
In this work I provide an overview of everything that surrounded this fabulous discovery, focusing on the lesser known aspects and questions we have always done: who was really Tutankhamun?, did he die naturally or was killed?, why was his mummy dismembered?, Did Carter and Carnarvon steal objects from the grave? and, is Queen Nefertiti buried in the same tomb?
These and many other questions are answered in the pages of this book that I'm sure will delight all fans of ancient Egypt and History in general.
Tutankhamun's Tomb and the Curse of the Mummies
An almost unknown pharaoh, a hidden tomb beneath the sands of the desert, a treasure like no one had seen before.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb supposed undoubtedly the most spectacular achievement of archeology of the twentieth century, and despite what many think was not a chance finding, but the result of years of hard work of a tireless man in search of a dream, an impossible; the eternal resting place of a dark king who had left just few traces of his passage through this world.
His tomb, almost intact and full of undreamed riches, stimulated the imagination of the astonished viewers of the whole world, who soon trembled at the supposed curse that annihilated everyone who had anything to do with the tomb of the Pharaoh Child. Today we know that the only curse was the one that suffered the body of the poor king, humiliated and dismembered unceremoniously for wrest the fantastic jewelry we see today in the Cairo museum.
In this work I provide an overview of everything that surrounded this fabulous discovery, focusing on the lesser known aspects and questions we have always done: who was really Tutankhamun?, did he die naturally or was killed?, why was his mummy dismembered?, Did Carter and Carnarvon steal objects from the grave? and, is Queen Nefertiti buried in the same tomb?
These and many other questions are answered in the pages of this book that I'm sure will delight all fans of ancient Egypt and History in general.
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Sex and Erotism in Ancient Egypt
There are many questions related to sexuality that all of us lovers of ancient Egypt have asked at some point: was the image of depravity that the Romans spread, especially referring to Queen Cleopatra, true? How did they deal with homosexuality? What were their favorite positions in bed? Did they practice bestiality, necrophilia, incest, pedophilia, and other rumored deviancies?
The truth is that by studying this aspect of Egyptian life we find truly amazing items, like a pornographic papyrus that scandalized the very Champollion himself, a pharaoh who slips through the night in the bed of one of his generals, a goddess who sleeps with her dead husband, a god who praises the buttocks of another while trying to sodomize him, or a festival in which women copulate with a ram in-front of a crowd.
This work pinpoints these issues and many others, including the use of aphrodisiacs and contraceptives, love spells, erotic poetry or the attitude towards adultery, in an entertaining and concise but rigorous way, and accompanied by more than 30 images that will help us understand this important facet of life and social relations of the ancient Egyptians.
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The Royal Mummies' Hideout
Mummies, hidden treasures, grave robbers and curses. Few combinations may be more compelling for lovers of ancient history and its secrets, and if there is a place in the world where all this comes true above all others, that place is Egypt.
The discovery of the royal mummies’ hiding place in Deir el Bahari represented one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, as it allowed us for the first time in history to be face to face with some of the most important Egyptian pharaohs, which after suffering robberies, outrages and endless transfers from one hiding place to another, ended up piled inside the mountains of Thebes.
I hope you enjoy it.
Mummies, hidden treasures, grave robbers and curses. Few combinations may be more compelling for lovers of ancient history and its secrets, and if there is a place in the world where all this comes true above all others, that place is Egypt.
The discovery of the royal mummies’ hiding place in Deir el Bahari represented one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, as it allowed us for the first time in history to be face to face with some of the most important Egyptian pharaohs, which after suffering robberies, outrages and endless transfers from one hiding place to another, ended up piled inside the mountains of Thebes.
I hope you enjoy it.
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The Silver Pharaohs
On February 27, 1939, while Europe looked askance at Germany, where Hitler continued his political maneuvers and verbal escalation, a French Egyptologist, Pierre Montet, entered into what looked like a tomb plundered many centuries ago among the fertile palm groves of the Nile Delta. On the walls of the underground chamber could be seen engraved the name of Takelot II, sovereign of the XXII dynasty. What that man had just discovered was nothing less than the lost Necropolis of the pharaohs of Tanis, which contained some of the most awesome treasures found in Egypt.
This discovery presents the paradox of being the one who brought out not one, but three intact royal tombs, and yet being one of the least known episodes of Egyptian archeology. The reason: it came at the worst possible moment, just when the world faced in astonishment the beginning of one of the largest military confrontations known so far to humanity.
Even, very few people know that these amazing facts were used as a base to develop the plot of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is the story of that discovery.
On February 27, 1939, while Europe looked askance at Germany, where Hitler continued his political maneuvers and verbal escalation, a French Egyptologist, Pierre Montet, entered into what looked like a tomb plundered many centuries ago among the fertile palm groves of the Nile Delta. On the walls of the underground chamber could be seen engraved the name of Takelot II, sovereign of the XXII dynasty. What that man had just discovered was nothing less than the lost Necropolis of the pharaohs of Tanis, which contained some of the most awesome treasures found in Egypt.
This discovery presents the paradox of being the one who brought out not one, but three intact royal tombs, and yet being one of the least known episodes of Egyptian archeology. The reason: it came at the worst possible moment, just when the world faced in astonishment the beginning of one of the largest military confrontations known so far to humanity.
Even, very few people know that these amazing facts were used as a base to develop the plot of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is the story of that discovery.
