King Mines: Unified of the two countries and the Golden Pharaoh: King Tutankhamun, Two stories for children.
“King Mines: Uniting the Two Countries and The Golden Pharaoh: King Tutankhamun” are two stories for children written by the Egyptian archaeologist, writer and novelist Dr. Hussein Abdel Basir. The events of the first story, “King Mina: Uniting the Two Countries”, take place in ancient Egypt at the end of the pre-dynastic era and the beginning of Egypt’s entry into historical times and the unification of Egypt and the unification of the two countries through the narration of the story of King Hor Aha or King Mina, the unifier of ancient Egypt; That historical and famous king who unified Egypt through his great efforts to unite the country under one leadership, one leadership and one brigade, and through his celebration, members of his royal family, senior statesmen, and the sects of the great Egyptian people on the feast of the unity of the two lands: the north and the south.
The second story is “The Golden Pharaoh: King Tutankhamun”. This story revolves around the golden pharaoh King Tutankhamun, the story of his life, the secrets of his death, and the story of the discovery of his famous tomb on the western mainland of the city of Luxor, through the story of the child Adam who admires the history and antiquities of his Egyptian ancestors. The ancients, who takes his grandfather Selim on a trip to visit the antiquities of the golden pharaoh King Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in Cairo, and to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor where the tomb of the Golden Pharaoh is located, which was discovered by Howard Carter on November 4, 1922, and introduces him to the story of the transfer King Tutankhamun’s antiquities to the Grand Egyptian Museum.
The author in brief
Dr. Hussein Abdul Basir.
- An Egyptian archaeologist, novelist and writer.
- Obtained a Bachelor’s degree in ancient Egyptian antiquities from the Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University.
- Obtained masters and doctoral degrees in ancient Egyptian antiquities and the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
- He wrote a large number of books, scientific articles, novels and stories such as “The Search for Khnum”, “The Old Red Man”, “The Magic of Alexandria”, “The Book of Secrets”, and others.
- A thousand in English, “Image and Sound in Sawic Egypt”.
- He wrote the book “Living Forever: Self-Representation in Ancient Egypt” with a group of the most important Egyptologists in the world.
- Writes drama for film and television.
- He wrote the movie “Zuser and Imhotep: The Duality of King and Genius”.
- Held many positions at home and abroad.
- Participated in many important archaeological discoveries produced by the archaeological excavations of the Egyptian and foreign missions in many archaeological sites such as Giza, Saqqara, Dahshur, Bahariya Oasis, Heliopolis, Napata Playa in the Western Desert and others.
- He was a supervisor and director of archaeological work at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, the Giza Pyramids, archaeological holdings, international organizations and UNESCO, and the Scientific Publishing Department at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, among others.
- He taught at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona in the United States of America and the French University (Sorbonne 4) and others.
- He was recently awarded the honour of the German Institute of Archeology in Cairo and was granted a permanent membership in the Institute, which is an important membership, granted only to the most important archaeologists in the world.
- Gives archaeological lectures in Egypt and abroad.
- He always participates in documentaries produced by international foreign channels about ancient Egypt.
• He is currently the Director of the Antiquities Museum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
