Lehner, Mark.

The complete pyramids / Mark Lehner - England : Thames and Hudson, 1997 - 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

"556 illustrations, 83 in colour" - T.p.

Pyramids, Land and People. Chronology. Map. Pyramids in the Landscape. The Giant Pyramids: Their Rise and Fall. The Standard Pyramid Complex. - I. 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. - II. Explorers and Scientists. Early Legends. Mythic 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. - III. The Whole Pyramid Catalogue. Origins of the Pyramid - Hierakonpolis. Royal Tombs at Abydos. Archaic Mastabas Saqqara. Saqqara: An Overview. Djoser's Step Pyramid Complex. The Short Life of Step Pyramids. The First True Pyramids: Meidum and Dahshur. Giza: An Overview. The Great Pyramid of 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. Ahmose at Abydos. 'Private' Pyramids .

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Pyramids--Design and construction.--Egypt
Pyramids--History.--Egypt
Pyramids--Egypt.

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