Barbara Mertz





Barbara Mertz

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September 29, 1927 in The United States

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Real name of Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels Barbara G. Mertz studied at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, receiving an M.A. in 1950 and a Ph.D. in Egyptology in 1952. In 1950 she married Richard Mertz and had two children, Elizabeth and Peter. She was divorced in 1969. A past president of American Crime Writers League, she presently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of KMT, A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt. She is also a member of the Egypt Exploration Society and the James Henry Breasted Circle of the Oriental Institute. Under her own name she is the author of Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, A Popular history of Ancient Egypt and Red Land, Black Land, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. Under her pseudonym as Barba...more


Average rating: 4.12 · 2,043 ratings · 120 reviews · 7 distinct works
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyph...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1964 — 17 editions
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Red Land, Black Land: Daily...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions
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Amelia Peabody's Egypt
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Night Train to Memphis (Vic...
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Naked Once More
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions
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The Snake, the Crocodile & ...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 3,788 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions
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Two Thousand Years in Rome
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968
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