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The Complete Pyramids Mark Lehner

The Complete Pyramids By Mark Lehner

The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner


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Summary

Surveys the history, building and use of pyramids in detail. This title looks 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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The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner

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.

About Mark Lehner

Mark Lehner is a Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and at the Harvard Semitic Museum.

Table of Contents

Introduction; I. Tomb and Temple; II. Explorers and Scientists; III. The Whole Pyramid Catalogue; IV. The Living Pyramid.

Additional information

GOR005491161
9780500285473
0500285470
The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20080128
256
N/A
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