The Pyramids
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-84354-890-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
Verner moulds all known science and history on the subject into a fascinating and accessible introduction - essential reading. * Sunday Times * A detailed, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable introduction to the pyramid-building age which will appeal to both experts and first-time Egyptologists alike. Here the mysteries of the pyramids and their readers are laid bare. It is a fascinating story. * Joyce Tyldesley, author of Nefertiti * Refreshing and thorough * Scotland on Sunday * The new seminal text on this subject * Science News *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
200 line drawings, 2 x 8pp colour plate section
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84354-890-4 (9781843548904)
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Person
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