The Pyramids of Egypt (Penguin archaeology) - Softcover

Edwards, I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140136347 ISBN 13: 9780140136340

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

A book Surveying 1000 years of pyramid-building, charting the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments, from the mastabas of the first and second dynasties and the step pyramids to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle Kingdom (Powells books).

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Synopsis:

Dr Edwards draws both on his research and on the work of many archaeologists who have dug in Egypt. Surveying 1000 years of pyramid-building, he charts the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments, from the mastabas of the first and second dynasties and the step pyramids to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle Kingdom, and discusses the famous group at Giza. His final chapter, dealing with their construction and purpose, puts the pyramids into the perspective of ancient Egyptian society. This revised edition includes recent discoveries and research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140136347
• ISBN 13: 9780140136340
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352