Maria Golia
Born in New Jersey, Maria Golia has lived in Egypt for over thirty years and is the author of diverse works of nonfiction, including several concerning Egypt: Cairo: City of Sand, Photography and Egypt, and A Short History of Tomb-Raiding.
Maria Golia
Born in New Jersey, Maria Golia has lived in Egypt for over thirty years and is the author of diverse works of nonfiction, including several concerning Egypt: Cairo: City of Sand, Photography and Egypt, and A Short History of Tomb-Raiding.
Books by Maria Golia

The Shortest History of Egypt: From the Dynastic to the Present—A Desert Nation’s 5,000 Years of Change and Continuity
Maria Golia
Paperback, 2026
Our “American in Cairo” author goes beyond King Tut and tomb-raiders to discover one of the world’s oldest civilizations in her fast-paced account across seven millennia


