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The Pyramids

Miroslav Verner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Published:1st Nov '09

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The perenially fascinating Egyptian pyramids introduced by a world expert. 'A fascinating and comprehensive book... The Pyramids is a portrait, not only of the pyramids themselves, but of an entire civilization, the first in history to build in stone, and thereby aim for eternity... Exceedingly welcome and timely' Literary Review

The perenially fascinating Egyptian pyramids introduced by a world expert.

'A fascinating and comprehensive book... The Pyramids is a portrait, not only of the pyramids themselves, but of an entire civilization, the first in history to build in stone, and thereby aim for eternity... Exceedingly welcome and timely' Literary Review

How did a people who lived nearly five thousand years ago, who knew neither iron nor bronze and who lacked mastery of elementary rules of calculation, manage to construct enormous stone structures with a precision seldom matched even by modern architecture? By one of the world's leading Egyptologists, The Pyramids sets our knowledge of these unique, haunting and perennially fascinating edifices into the context of ancient Egyptian culture and polit

Verner moulds all known science and history on the subject into a fascinating and accessible introduction - essential reading. * Sunday Times *
A detailed, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable introduction to the pyramid-building age which will appeal to both experts and first-time Egyptologists alike. Here the mysteries of the pyramids and their readers are laid bare. It is a fascinating story. * Joyce Tyldesley, author of Nefertiti *
Refreshing and thorough * Scotland on Sunday *
The new seminal text on this subject * Science News *

ISBN: 9781843548904

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 37mm

Weight: 475g

512 pages

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