Maria Golia

Born in New Jersey, Maria Golia has lived in Egypt for over thirty years and is the author of diverse works of nonfiction, including several concerning Egypt: Cairo: City of Sand, Photography and Egypt, and A Short History of Tomb-Raiding.

The Shortest History of Egypt
From the Dynastic to the Present—A Desert Nation’s 5,000 Years of Change and Continuity
by Maria Golia
Paperback | $16.95 US / $21.95 CAN

Egypt looms large in the popular imagination, conjuring images of pyramids, pharaohs, tomb raiders, vast deserts, and the world’s longest river, the Nile. Yet its true allure might lie in its impressively long history and what it tells us about … Continue reading →