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100 1  Hessler, Peter,|d1969-|eauthor. 
245 14 The buried :|ban archaeology of the Egyptian revolution /
       |cPeter Hessler. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2019 
300    463 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and 
       culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin 
       daughters to Cairo in 2011. He wanted to learn Arabic, 
       explore Cairo's neighborhoods, and visit the legendary 
       archeological digs of Upper Egypt. After his years of 
       covering China for the New Yorker, friends warned him that
       Egypt would be a much quieter place. But not long before 
       he arrived, the Egyptian Arab Spring had begun, and now 
       the country was in chaos. In the midst of the revolution, 
       he attached himself to an important archeological dig at a
       site rich in royal tombs known in as al-Madfuna, or "The 
       Buried." He and his wife set out to master Arabic, 
       striking up a friendship with their instructor, a cynical 
       political sophisticate. A different kind of friendship was
       formed with the neighborhood garbage collector, an 
       illiterate but highly perceptive man named Sayyid, whose 
       access to the trash of Cairo would be its own kind of 
       archeological excavation. Hessler also met a family of 
       Chinese small-business owners in the lingerie trade; their
       view of the country proved a bracing counterpoint to the 
       West's conventional wisdom. Through the lives of these and
       other ordinary people at a time of tragedy and heartache, 
       and through connections between contemporary Egypt and its
       ancient past, Hessler creates an astonishing portrait of a
       country and its people. 
600 10 Hessler, Peter,|d1969-|xTravel|zEgypt. 
650  0 Excavations (Archaeology)|zEgypt. 
651  0 Egypt|xDescription and travel. 
651  0 Cairo (Egypt)|xDescription and travel. 
651  0 Egypt|xHistory|yProtests, 2011-2013.