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Hussein Bassir is a famous Egyptian archaeologist and also a popular Egyptian Author. He is the author of several fictional works on ancient Egypt. Most of his books are written in Arabic. The two most significant literary works of Hussein Bassir are The Old Red Hippopotamus and In Search For Khnum.
Career of Hussein Bassir: Bassir is trained in ancient Egyptian art, literature, culture and religion. He is well versed with Egyptian scripts like Demotic, Hieratic, Hieroglyphic and Coptic. He is also a master in Egyptian grammar and philosophy particularly late Egyptian, old Egyptian and Coptic. His excavation works include Greco Roman Egypt's history, the arts of Renaissance in Europe and so on.
Works of Hussein Bassir: Bassir had shown his writing excellence in various book reviews and writing articles. Most of his articles are based on Old Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Ancient Egyptian, Greek Art and Middle Egyptian. Hussein Bassir has also written many featured articles on archaeology of Mesopotamia and ancient Syria. Hussein Bassir has also edited many Arabic and English books. Most of the books are written about ancient Egypt. Bassir also shares his expert views by consulting on various projects on Egypt. He has also many articles in his name, written in English and Arabic.
Hussein has also published many literatures of his own. Majority of his writings are on modern Arabic. He has also written criticism and cinematic history on Egyptian cinema. He has also thrown light on cultural thought of ancient Egypt and Islam. He has also published many periodicals from time to time along with several books based on Egyptian festivals, rituals and celebrations. There are also many archaeological articles written by Bassir.
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