The Pyramids by Miroslav Verner
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.
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 *
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 *
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
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843548904 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843548909 |
| Title | The Pyramids |
| Author | Miroslav Verner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2009-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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