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" The complete pyramids / "
Mark Lehner
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BL
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583691
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b412910
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| Main Entry
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Lehner, Mark
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| Title & Author
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The complete pyramids /\ Mark Lehner
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Thames and Hudson,, 1997
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256 p. :: ill. (some col.), col. maps ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0500050848
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-252) and index
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| Contents
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Pyramids, Land and People -- Chronology -- Map -- Pyramids in the Landscape -- The Giany Pyramids: Their Rise and Fall -- The Standard Pyramid Complex -- Tomb and Temple -- The Ka, the Ba, and the Body Embalmed -- Burial Rituals and the Pyramid Complex -- This World and the Netherworld -- The Pyramid Texts -- The Pyramid as Icon -- Explorers and Scientists -- Early Legends -- Mythical History of the Copts and Arabs -- The First European Discovery -- Napoleon's Wise Men -- Belzoni and Caviglia -- Digging by Dynamite -- Lepsius and Mariette -- Petrie at the Pyramids -- The Great Expeditions -- Recent Discoveries -- The Whole Pyramid Catalogue - Origins of the Pyramid - Hierakonpolis -- Royal Tombs at Abydos -- Archaic Mastabas at Saqqara -- Saqqara: An Overview -- Djoser's Step Pyramid Complex -- The Short Life of Step Pyramids -- The First True Pyramids ; Medium and Dahshur -- Giza: An Overview -- The Great Pyramids od Khufu -- Djedefre at Abu Roash -- Return to Giza: Khafre's Pyramid and the Great Sphinx -- Menkaure's Pyramid -- The Passing of a Dynasty -- The Pyramid of Userkaf -- The Pyramids of Abusir -- The End of the 5th Dynasty -- Pyramids of the 6th Dynasty -- Pyramids of the First Intermediate Period -- Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahri -- The Pyramids at Lisht -- The Second Phase of Middle Kingdom Pyramids -- Mudbrick Pyramids -- Late Middle Kingdom Pyramids -- New Kingdom Pyramids -- Ahmoseat Abydos -- 'Private' Pyramids -- Pyramids of Late Antiquity -- The Living Pyramid -- Supply and Transport -- Quarries -- the NOVA Pyramid-Building Experiment -- Tools, Techniques and Operations -- Survey and Alignment -- Ramps -- Rise and Run -- Trouble at the Top -- The Workforce -- Building a Middle Kingdom Period -- Pyramids as Landlord -- Pyramid Towns -- Those who Serve: Proests and Watchers -- Loaves and Fishes -- The Royal Workshops -- Epilogue: The Legacy of the Pyramids -- Visiting the Pyramids -- Visiting the Pyramids -- Further Reading -- Illustration Credits -- Sources of Quotation -- Index -- Acknowledgments
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Pyramids-- Egypt
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