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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 politics.
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Miroslav Verner directed the Czech Institute of Egyptology for seventeen years and is Professor of Egyptology at Charles University in Prague. He has also been guest professor at the universities of Vienna, Hamburg and the American University of Cairo and, since 1976, has been leading the excavations currently being carried out by Czech archaeologists in Abusir
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'A detailed, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable introduction to the pyramid-building age which will appeal both to experts and first time Egyptologists alike. Here the mysteries of the pyramids and their readers are laid bare. It is a fascinating story.' Joyce Tyndesley, author of Nefertitl
One of the world's most respected researchers into the pyramids presents the key discoveries which answer some fundamental questions that have puzzled Egyptologists for centuries: how did a people 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? Set against the background of ancient Egyptian culture and pollitics, The Pyramids is a fresh, accessible account of these unique edifices.
'Verner moulds all known science and history on the subject into a fascinating and accessible introduction - essential reading.' The Sunday Times
'The new seminal text on this subject' Science News
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