Christiane DesRoches Noblecourt

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt is honorary curator of Egyptian antiquities at the Louvre where she had a long and illustrious career as a curator and researcher. With UNESCO, she spent twenty years preserving endangered Egyptian temples. She organized exceptional exhibitions on Tutankhamen and Ramses II, and organized and directed the renovation of the Valley of the Queens. She has written dozens of books about Egypt and has been widely translated.

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt is honorary curator of Egyptian antiquities at the Louvre where she had a long and illustrious career as a curator and researcher. With UNESCO, she spent twenty years preserving endangered Egyptian temples. She organized exceptional exhibitions on Tutankhamen and Ramses II, and organized and directed the renovation of the Valley of the Queens. She has written dozens of books about Egypt and has been widely translated. See less