The Pyramids of Egypt
Pocketbok. Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin; Pelican Books [a Pelican Original]. 1978. 319+32 sidor.
Gott skick. Hylla: Egyptologi. "With this book, Dr Edwards offers us the definitive work on these gigantic tombs, drawing both on his own original research and on the work of the many archaeologists who have dug in Egypt. Surveying a thousand years of pyramid-building, he charts the rise and decline of the pyramid as a funerary monument, from the step-pyramids and 'mastabas' of the first and second dynasties to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle Kingdom, and discusses in detail the famous group at Giza. His final chapter, dealing with their construction and purpose, puts the pyramids into the perspective of ancient Egyptian society.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0140201688
- Titel
- The pyramids of Egypt
- Författare
- Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen
- Förlag
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin
- Utgivningsår
- 1976
- Språk
- English