Ana María Vázquez Hoys (born 8 October 1945) is a Spanish ancient history professor and book author. She collaborates in educational radio and television programs and gives talks at conferences on Ancient History. She studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid ( UCM, Complutense University of Madrid) before becoming a teacher at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (

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, National University of Distance Education) in Madrid, Spain.

Biography

Ana María Vázquez Hoys was born on 8 October 1945 in Madrid, Spain, the second of two children in a conservative

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middle-class family. Her complete first name is 'Ana María del Carmen Milagrosa' (although only 'Ana María' is used in practise). Her mother was Ana María Hoys Rebollal. Her father, Francisco Vázquez Llorente, worked in the military. She married in 1971 to Carlos Martín Martínez, with whom she had two children. She divorced in 1993. Her former husband died in 2001. Her older brother, Francisco, died in 2011. Vázquez obtained a bachelor's degree in geography and history by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in June 1969. She obtained a PhD in ancient history, with

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qualification in 1974. She became tutor of ancient history in the 'Centro Asociado' of UNED in Madrid in 1980. She became professor (Profesora Titular) of ancient history in the Department of Prehistory and Ancient History of UNED in Madrid in 1984 (EC 7550). Since the 1980s, Vázquez has written many academic books and articles related to ancient history, participated in numerous international conferences and collaborated in radio and television programs. Since 2009 she appears regularly in programs by the Spanish radio stations 'Dial' and 'Europa_FM', mainly in collaboration with presenter Javier Cárdenas. In 2010, she published her first historic novel, placed in Ancient Egypt and titled ''El Sol Negro'' (''The Black Sun'').

Memberships

*Asociación Española de Amigos de la Arqueología *Asociación Española de Estudios Clásicos *Asociación Internacional de Estudios Romanos *International Council of Indo-European and Thracian Studies

Selected works

*''Antiguo Egipto''. Arlanza Ediciones, Madrid 2000, (obra completa), (volumen 4). *''Diccionario de magia en el mundo antiguo''. Ed. Alderabán, Madrid 1997. . *''Los viejos dioses no han muerto''. Ed. Aguilar, Madrid 1996. . *''Diana en la religiosidad hispanorromana. Tomo I. Las fuentes. Las diferentes diosas''. Ed. UNED, Madrid 1995. . *''Diana en la religiosidad hispanorromana. Tomo II. Roma, Cuenca y Segóbriga''. Ed. UNED, Madrid 1996. . (obra completa). *''Términos de magia y religión en el mundo antiguo''. Ed. UNED, Madrid 1995. . *''Diccionario del Mundo Antiguo. I. Próximo Oriente, Egipto, Grecia y Roma''. Madrid. Ed. Alianza, Madrid 1994. . *''El mundo griego. De los inicios a la conquista romana. II: Grecia desde el siglo IV. Alejandro Magno. El helenismo''. CU 118, Ed. UNED, Madrid 1994. (tomo II), 84-362-2841-3 (obra completa). *''Diccionario de símbolos y términos mágicos''. Ed. UNED, Madrid 1993. . *''Introducción a la Arqueología III. El II milenio en el Próximo Oriente''. Ramón Areces, Madrid 1989. . *''Introducción a la H^a Antigua I. Próximo Oriente y Egipto''. Madrid, Cuadernos de la UNED 018, 2^a ed. 1989. . *''La religión romana en Hispania. Fuentes epigráficas, arqueológicas y numismáticas''. Tesis Doctoral. Madrid, 1974 (Servicio de publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense) (2 tomos). Madrid 1982. Colección Tésis Doctorales. Universidad Complutense, Madrid, n^o 114/82.Depósito legal M-18177-1982. *''Historia de Roma I. La República Romana''. Madrid, Ed. UNED, 2002. *''Arcana mágica : diccionario de símbolos y términos mágicos''. Madrid, Ed. UNED, 2003. . *''Historia del Mundo Antiguo, vol. I Próximo Oriente, y II ( II: Egipto, fenicios, Israel, Irán). Ed. Sanz y Torres, Madrid 2004, . *''Historia de las religiones Antiguas: Próximo Oriente.''. 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''. Ed. Sanz y Torres, Madrid 2005. . *''Historia del Mundo Antiguo. Tomo II. Grecia''. Ed. Sanz y Torres, 2007. . *''Golondrinas de Tartessos. Aquí escribimos primero''. Ed. Almuzara, Córdoba 2008. .

References

External links

UNED Official University Website.List 1 of books by Ana María Vázquez Hoys.List 2 of books by Ana María Vázquez Hoys.List 3 of books by Ana María Vázquez Hoys.First Historic Novel by Ana María Vázquez Hoys.
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