The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt

Nothdurft, William E.; Smith, Josh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375507957 ISBN 13: 9780375507953

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 2003

Describes a 1999 expedition from the University of Pennsylvania designed to retrace the travels of Dr. Ernst Stromer who, in 1911, led an expedition to Egypt's Bahariya Oasis in the Sahara, where he discovered new species of dinosaurs, a discovery that was lost in 1944 during the Allied bombing of Munich. 100,000 first printing.

About the Author:

William Nothdurft is the author, coauthor, or ghostwriter of nearly a dozen books, including the award-winning Ghosts of Everest, about the search for the missing mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Josh Smith served six years in the U.S. Army before getting his B.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in paleontology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently an assistant professor at Washington University.

Synopsis:

The author describes how he joined a team of scientists in Egypt to retrace the 1911 expedition of Ernst Str omer, whose seminal work was lost during World War II, and details their discoveries, including a new genus of dinosaur.