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Mark Lehner brings his many years of field research in Egypt to this definitive book. He examines the pyramids in unprecedented detail, covering the practical aspects—the quarries, ramps, and tools used in construction—as well as the conceptual ones.

Professor Lehner surveys and describes the pyramids across their 3,000-year history, as well as explaining the rituals and mythology, the history of travelers, looters, and archaeologists, and the ways in which the pyramids were an integral part of the Egyptian state.

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Overview

Mark Lehner brings his many years of field research in Egypt to this definitive book. He examines the pyramids in unprecedented detail, covering the practical aspects—the quarries, ramps, and tools used in construction—as well as the conceptual ones.

Professor Lehner surveys and describes the pyramids across their 3,000-year history, as well as explaining the rituals and mythology, the history of travelers, looters, and archaeologists, and the ways in which the pyramids were an integral part of the Egyptian state.

The hundreds of illustrations include computer reconstructions and specially commissioned artists' perspective views of the pyramids and their interior chambers. The book is at once a definitive sourcebook and an entertaining guide for scholars, students, and travelers.

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This is the most up-to-date compendium of information about Egyptian pyramids. The author is a Research Associate at The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and at the Harvard Semitic Museum. The book is well organized and lavishly illustrated. The contents are grouped together in several chapters (e.g., "Tomb and Temple," "Explorers and Scientists," "The Whole Pyramid Catalogue," "The Living Pyramid"). Within these chapters are related topics, each of which is considered in, typically, two to six pages. The chapter entitled "Tomb and Temple," for example, includes these topics: The Ka, the Ba and the Body Embalmed; Burial Rituals and the Pyramid Complex; This World and the Netherworld; The Pyramid Texts; and The Pyramid as Icon. In addition to providing the most recent information about the pyramids themselves, the book expands its topics beyond those typical for books on the Egyptian pyramids. For example, there are excellent discussions, all well illustrated, about recent archaeological discoveries of the villages of the workers who constructed the pyramids. The chapter entitled "The Whole Pyramid Catalog" discusses every major pyramid and group of pyramids. The various scholarly interpretations of how pyramids were constructed are covered, including theories about how construction ramps were organized and stone blocks actually placed into position. There is considerable attention paid to the kinds of tools used to quarry and dress stone blocks. That each pyramid had a larger group of related structures around it is emphasized. The religious meaning of pyramids, and the specific daily rituals that went on year after year, are also discussed. The overall intention of thebook is to provide the broadest possible contexts for understanding the Egyptian pyramids. The book ends with an interesting look at modern pyramids, from the one at Grand Rapids to the Luxor at Las Vegas, all inspired by the Ancient Egyptian pyramids. Reviewer: Claire Rosser

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780500285473
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson
  • Publication date: 4/28/2008
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 485,080
  • Series: The Complete Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.60 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Mark Lehner is Research Associate at The Oriental Institute,
University of Chicago, and the Harvard Semitic Museum. He has been Director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project since 1984.

Table of Contents

Pyramids, Land and People 6
Chronology 8
Map 10
Pyramids in the Landscape 12
The Giant Pyramids: Their Rise and Fall 14
The Standard Pyramid Complex 18
I Tomb and Temple
The Ka, the Ba and the Body Embalmed 22
Burial Rituals and the Pyramid Complex 25
This World and the Netherworld 28
The Pyramid Texts 31
The Pyramid as Icon 34
II Explorers and Scientists
Early Legends 38
Mythic History of the Copts and Arabs 40
The First European Discovery 42
Napoleon's Wise Men 46
Belzoni and Caviglia 48
Digging by Dynamite 50
Lepsius and Mariette 54
Petrie at the Pyramids 56
The Great Expeditions 59
Recent Discoveries 66
III The Whole Pyramid Catalogue
Origins of the Pyramid - Hierakonpolis 72
Royal Tombs at Abydos 75
Archaic Mastabas Saqqara 78
Saqqara: An Overview 82
Djoser's Step Pyramid Complex 84
The Short Life of Step Pyramids 94
The First True Pyramids: Meidum and Dahshur 97
Giza: An Overview 106
The Great Pyramid of Khufu 108
Djedefre at Abu Roash 120
Return to Giza: Khafre's Pyramid and the Great Sphinx 122
Menkaure's Pyramid 134
The Passing of a Dynasty 138
The Pyramid of Userkaf 140
The Pyramids of Abusir 142
The End of the 5th Dynasty 153
Pyramids of the 6th Dynasty 156
Pyramids of the First Intermediate Period 164
Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahri 166
The Pyramids at Lisht 168
The Second Phase of Middle Kingdom Pyramids 174
Mudbrick Pyramids 175
Late Middle Kingdom Pyramids 184
New Kingdom Pyramids 188
Ahmose at Abydos 190
'Private' Pyramids 192
Pyramids of Late Antiquity 194
IV The Living Pyramid
Supply and Transport 202
Quarries 206
The NOVA Pyramid-Building Experiment 208
Tools, Techniques and Operations 210
Survey and Alignment 212
Ramps 215
Rise and Run 218
Trouble at the Top 222
The Workforce 224
Building a Middle Kingdom Pyramid 226
Pyramid as Landlord 228
Pyramid Towns 230
Those Who Serve: Priests and Watchers 233
Loaves and Fishes 236
The Royal Workshops 238
Epilogue: The Legacy of the Pyramids 240
Visiting the Pyramids 244
Further Reading 246
Illustration Credits 252
Sources of Quotations 252
Index 253
Acknowledgments 256
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2002

    Must have for anyone interested in the pyramids.

    This is the 'bible' of ancient Egyptian pyramids. It is well written and both informative and educational. I highly recommend this book to all amatuer Egyptologists.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 25, 2002

    Totally informative!!

    This Wonderful book will tell you believable theories about the pyramids, what they were for, how they were built, ect...

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