Ana María Vázquez Hoys facts for kids

Ana María Vázquez Hoys, born on October 8, 1945, is a Spanish professor who teaches about ancient history. She has written many books and articles about the past. She also shares her knowledge on educational radio and TV shows and gives talks at conferences. She studied at the Complutense University of Madrid and later became a teacher at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid, Spain.

About Ana María Vázquez Hoys

Ana María Vázquez Hoys was born in Madrid, Spain, on October 8, 1945. She grew up in a Christian Catholic family.

Her Education and Career

Vázquez Hoys earned her first degree in geography and history from the Complutense University of Madrid in June 1969. She then continued her studies and received a PhD in ancient history in 1974. A PhD is a very high academic degree.

In 1980, she started teaching ancient history at the UNED in Madrid. By 1984, she became a full professor of ancient history in the Department of Prehistory and Ancient History at the same university.

Sharing Her Knowledge

Since the 1980s, Professor Vázquez Hoys has written many academic books and articles about ancient history. She has also taken part in international conferences, sharing her research with other experts.

She has worked with radio and television programs to make history interesting for everyone. Since 2009, she has often appeared on Spanish radio stations like 'Dial' and 'Europa_FM', especially with presenter Javier Cárdenas.

In 2010, she published her first historical novel, El Sol Negro (The Black Sun). This book is a story set in Ancient Egypt.

Groups She Belongs To

Ana María Vázquez Hoys is a member of several important groups that study history and archaeology:

• Asociación Española de Amigos de la Arqueología (Spanish Association of Friends of Archaeology)
• Asociación Española de Estudios Clásicos (Spanish Association of Classical Studies)
• Asociación Internacional de Estudios Romanos (International Association of Roman Studies)
• International Council of Indo-European and Thracian Studies
• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
• Centro de Estudios del Próximo Oriente (CEPO) (Center for Near Eastern Studies)

Books by Ana María Vázquez Hoys

Here are some of the books Ana María Vázquez Hoys has written:

• Antiguo Egipto (Ancient Egypt). Arlanza Ediciones, Madrid 2000.
• Diccionario de magia en el mundo antiguo (Dictionary of Magic in the Ancient World). Ed. Alderabán, Madrid 1997.
• Los viejos dioses no han muerto (The Old Gods Have Not Died). Ed. Aguilar, Madrid 1996.
• Diana en la religiosidad hispanorromana. Tomo I. Las fuentes. Las diferentes diosas (Diana in Hispano-Roman Religiosity. Volume I. The Sources. The Different Goddesses). Ed. UNED, Madrid 1995.
• Diana en la religiosidad hispanorromana. Tomo II. Roma, Cuenca y Segóbriga (Diana in Hispano-Roman Religiosity. Volume II. Rome, Cuenca and Segóbriga). Ed. UNED, Madrid 1996.
• Términos de magia y religión en el mundo antiguo (Terms of Magic and Religion in the Ancient World). Ed. UNED, Madrid 1995.
• Diccionario del Mundo Antiguo. I. Próximo Oriente, Egipto, Grecia y Roma (Dictionary of the Ancient World. I. Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome). Ed. Alianza, Madrid 1994.
• El mundo griego. De los inicios a la conquista romana. II: Grecia desde el siglo IV. Alejandro Magno. El helenismo (The Greek World. From the Beginnings to the Roman Conquest. II: Greece from the 4th Century. Alexander the Great. Hellenism). CU 118, Ed. UNED, Madrid 1994.
• Diccionario de símbolos y términos mágicos (Dictionary of Symbols and Magical Terms). Ed. UNED, Madrid 1993.
• Introducción a la Arqueología III. El II milenio en el Próximo Oriente (Introduction to Archaeology III. The 2nd Millennium in the Near East). Ramón Areces, Madrid 1989.
• Introducción a la H^a Antigua I. Próximo Oriente y Egipto (Introduction to Ancient History I. Near East and Egypt). Madrid, Cuadernos de la UNED 018, 2^a ed. 1989.
• La religión romana en Hispania. Fuentes epigráficas, arqueológicas y numismáticas (Roman Religion in Hispania. Epigraphic, Archaeological and Numismatic Sources). Tesis Doctoral. Madrid, 1974.
• Historia de Roma I. La República Romana (History of Rome I. The Roman Republic). Madrid, Ed. UNED, 2002.
• Arcana mágica : diccionario de símbolos y términos mágicos (Arcana Magica: Dictionary of Symbols and Magical Terms). Madrid, Ed. UNED, 2003.
• Historia del Mundo Antiguo, vol. I Próximo Oriente, y II ( II: Egipto, fenicios, Israel, Irán) (History of the Ancient World, vol. I Near East, and II (II: Egypt, Phoenicians, Israel, Iran)). Ed. Sanz y Torres, Madrid 2004.
• Historia de las religiones Antiguas: Próximo Oriente. (History of Ancient Religions: Near East.). Tomo I. Editorial Sanz y Torres, Madrid, Febrero 2006.
• Historia del mundo antiguo, II : el mundo mediterráneo hasta Augusto : Macedonia, Alejandro Magno, reinos helenísticos, Roma I (History of the Ancient World, II: The Mediterranean World until Augustus: Macedonia, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Kingdoms, Rome I). Ed. Sanz y Torres, Madrid 2005.
• Historia del Mundo Antiguo. Tomo II. Grecia (History of the Ancient World. Volume II. Greece). Ed. Sanz y Torres, 2007.
• Golondrinas de Tartessos. Aquí escribimos primero (Swallows of Tartessos. Here We Write First). Ed. Almuzara, Córdoba 2008.

See also

In Spanish: Ana María Vázquez Hoys para niños