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The Pyramids of Egypt

Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards 1909-1996.

The Pyramids of Egypt - UK Penguin Books 1985 UK Ebury Press and Michael Joseph 1972 - xxi, 317+48 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 20 cm 240 25

Mastabas and early burial customs -- Step pyramids -- The transition to the true pyramid -- The Giza group -- Pyramids of the Vth and VIth dynasties -- Middle Kingdom pyramids -- Later pyramids -- Construction and purpose -- Table of the major pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdoms

Chronicles the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments and discusses how they related to ancient Egyptian society, how they were built, and how researchers are studying them to learn more about the Egyptian culture

0140136347 9780140136340 0718110188 9780718110185

1947

GBA8A2333 bnb

014406425 Uk

English


Pyramids--Egypt
General
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology

DT63 / .E3 1993 DT63 / .E3 1993