The Pyramids: Their Archaeology and HistoryHere, the Egyptian pyramids provide the inspiration for another book, although this one is not, and does not claim to be, thoroughly up-to-date. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this is an English translation of the 1998 German edition, which in many ways reflects on the results of excavations by the University of Prague's Czech Institute of Egyptology up to the late 1990s. The book is an introduction to the pyramids and pyramid-builders of Egypt, attempting to answer many of the most frequently asked questions about their construction and meaning, set within Egyptian culture and politics. |
Contents
Before the Pyramids | 15 |
The Way to Eternity Ritual and Cult | 30 |
The Construction of the Pyramids | 62 |
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Abusir ancient Egyptian Angle of inclination antechamber archaeological archaeologist axis Bent Pyramid Borchardt built burial chamber Cairo causeway ceiling chapel construction core courtyard cult pyramid Dahshur decorated discovered Djedkare's Djoser's east Egyptologists entrance excavations false door Fifth Dynasty fragments Giza ground plan II's pyramid inclination of walls inscription investigation Khafre's Khafre's pyramid Khentkaues Khufu's king king's Lauer Length of sides Lepsius limestone limestone blocks Lower Egypt mastaba Meidum Menkaure's mortuary temple mudbricks necropolis Neferefre Neferefre's Neferirkare's niches Nile Niuserre's north-south offering hall Old Kingdom originally papyrus Pepi II's perimeter wall Petrie pharaoh pink granite pyra pyramid complex pyramid texts pyramidion queen ramp reconstruction reign remains ritual royal tombs ruler Sahure's Saqqara sarcophagus sed festival Senusret Senusret III shaft Shepseskaf sides of base Snefru Sphinx statue stela Step Pyramid stone storerooms structure substructure symbolic tion tomb complex Unas's underground Upper Userkaf valley temple west wall