Giza and the pyramids

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Giza and the pyramids

Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass

Thames and Hudson, 2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-542) and index

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Description

For more than 4,000 years the pyramids of Giza have stood like giant question marks that have intrigued and endlessly fascinated people. Who exactly built them? When? Why? And how did they create these colossal structures? But the pyramids are not a complete mystery - the stones, the hieroglyphs, the landscape and even the layers of sand and debris hold stories for us to read. Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass, with over four decades of involvement with Giza, provide their unique and personal insight into the site, bringing together all the information and evidence to create a record unparalleled in its detail and scope. The celebrated Great Pyramid of Khufu, or Cheops, is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, but there is much more to Giza. We may think of the pyramids as rising from the desert, isolated and enigmatic, yet they were surrounded by temples, tombs, vast cemeteries and even teeming towns of the living. All are described in detail here and brought back to life, with hundreds of illustrations including detailed photographs of the monuments, excavations and objects, as well as plans, reconstructions and the latest images from remote-controlled cameras and laser scans. Through the ages, Giza and the pyramids have inspired the most extraordinary speculations and wild theories, but here, finally, in this prestigious publication, is the full story as told by the evidence on the ground, by the leading authorities on the site.

Table of Contents

Preface * 1. Time's Other Horizon * 2. Quests, Puzzles and Questions * 3. Giza in Context * 4. Giza before Khufu: Beginnings as a Burial Ground * 5. Origins of the Pyramid * 6. Explorers, Scholars and Expeditions * 7. Pyramids: Funeral, Palace and Ritual Process * 8. The Great Pyramid of Khufu * 9. The Second Pyramid: Khafre * 10. The Great Sphinx * 11. The Third Pyramid: Menkaure * 12. The Khentkawes Monument: Giza's Punctuation Point * 13. The Development of the Giza Cemeteries * 14. The Workers' Cemetery * 15. Living at Giza: Worker Settlements and Pyramid Towns * 16. How They Might Have Built the Pyramids * 17. Giza on the Ground: The Pyramid Projects * 18. The Abandonment of Giza * 19. New Kingdom Revival * 20. Giza in the Late Period * Afterword: Giza Developments

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  • NCID
    BB24878112
  • ISBN
    • 9780500051894
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    560 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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