Nefertiti: When Nefertiti, the Egyptian Queen, met the American General "Ike" Eisenhower
(This historical novel started 3,300 years ago in Egypt an...)
This historical novel started 3,300 years ago in Egypt and continues to World War II Germany, juxtaposing two love stories, an ancient and a modern one. The romance evolves through the lives of two families in ancient Egypt. One is King Akhenaten, the almighty Pharaoh, and his wife Nefertiti and their descendants; the second is Ror, a lower-class family whose son Tuthmosis became a talented sculptor. Nefertiti was the most beautiful woman in the world, and a competition was introduced to all artists of Egypt to make the most impressive sculpture of the queen.
Dov Bahat is an Israeli geologist and writer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, as Head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, and as Rector of Ben-Gurion University. He wrote about 60 articles & patents on mineral chemistry and mechanical properties of glass, glass-ceramics, and fracture in geology.
Background
Dov Bahat was born on March 4, 1935, in Haifa, Hefa, Israel. His father took part in the establishment of Kibbutz Tel Yosef, and later was one of the founders of Kiryat Haim, where he built their own house with his own hands. In World War II, the family moved to Haifa wake of his father's work in the workers' council in the city, which also served as secretary of the Haifa Workers Council.
Education
Dov Bahat received a Master of Science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel in 1963 and a Doctor of Philosophy at Melbourne (Australia) University in 1967. Furthermore, he has two certificates in Special Program in Ceramics, Harvard, and M.I.T. and in Management Development Program, Syracuse University.
During the period from 1971 to 1973, Dov Bahat worked as a senior researcher at the Israel ceramics and silicates, in Technion. In 1973 he joined the faculty of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev with the rank of Associate Professor, in 1981 was appointed full professor.
Dov Bahat has been on sabbatical at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Kyoto University in Japan, Mining and Technology University in Beijing, and Tongue University in Shanghai.
Dov Bahat served as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (1980-1976), as Head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy (1989-1988), and as Rector of Ben-Gurion University (1994-1990).
From his retirement in 2004 until 2017, he taught voluntarily at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and devoted most of his time to writing books of prose and poetry.
Bahat's master's and doctoral dissertations were in the fields of mineralogy and petrology. After retiring, Dov Bahat wrote Hebrew literature, focusing on three genres: novels, poems, and short stories.
Dov Bahat was a member of the Board of directors of the Beer Sheva Orchestra during 1990-1994, a member of the Israeli Geologic Society (award, 1980) and the American Geophysical Union.
Israeli Geologic Society
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Israel
1980 - present
American Geophysical Union
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United States
Beer Sheva Orchestra
1990 - 1994
Interests
classical music, theater, swimming
Connections
Dov Bahat married Hanna Helena Fester on June 29, 1961, who died in 2002. He is a widower, today he lives in Omar with his partner Nelly.