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Geraldine Harris (born 1951), sometimes credited as Geraldine Harris Pinch, is an English author and
Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...
. She is a member of the
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (formerly the Faculty of Oriental Studies), is a subdivision of the University of Oxford. The faculty is engaged in a broad range of research and teaching on modern and historical Asian and Midd ...
at the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
. Her works include the Seven Citadels quartet and numerous information text books about
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
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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 ''The Dead Kingdom'' is a novel by Geraldine Harris published in 1983. Plot summary ''The Dead Kingdom'' is the third novel of the "Seven Citadels" tetralogy. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The Dead Kingdom'' for ''White Dwarf'' #62 and stat ...
'', 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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