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Barbara Mertz

1927–2013

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Barbara Louise Mertz, an American novelist and Egyptologist who lived from September 29, 1927 to August 8, 2013, wrote under her own name as well as the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952 she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago, and while best known for mystery and suspense novels, she authored two books on ancient Egypt in the 1960s that have remained in print ever since.

Born
1927

Books by Barbara Mertz

  1. Cover of Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs

    Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs

    1964

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