The Complete Pyramids
Will be published approx. on 28. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-500-28547-3 (ISBN)
Description
Powerful symbols of remote antiquity, the pyramids have intrigued and fascinated generations. In The Complete Pyramids, newly available in paperback, Mark Lehner surveys the history, building and use of these fascinating and mysterious monuments in unprecedented scope and detail, looking at both the practical aspects - the quarries, ramps and tools used in building them - as well as the conceptual - the cosmology and iconography of the pyramids and the intriguing Pyramid Texts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
473 Illustrations, black and white; 83 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28547-3 (9780500285473)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Mark Lehner
Complete Pyramids
Book
10/1997
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€50.89
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Mark Lehner is a Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and at the Harvard Semitic Museum.
Content
Introduction; I. Tomb and Temple; II. Explorers and Scientists; III. The Whole Pyramid Catalogue; IV. The Living Pyramid.