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 The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries by Mark LehnerThe Complete Pyramids is a fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid of ancient Egypt. Leading Egyptologist Mark Lehner surveys the history, building, and use of the pyramids, looking at the practical aspects and the conceptual, the cosmology and iconography of the pyramids and the intriguing Pyramid Texts. Includes: - The Whole Pyramid catalogue, a unique survey and description of the pyramids and their development - A discussion of the rituals and mythology surrounding the death and burial of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt - Accounts of explorers, looters, and archaeologists, from the later Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans to the great explorers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - Specially commissioned reconstructions of the interiors of the pyramids and their chambers - An overview of Egyptian history, fact files, maps and site plans, and a guide to visiting the pyramids
Paperback 256 pages - 7 1/2" x 10" - (4/08)Regularly: $26.95 Now: $22.90 Save $4.05 (15%)
ZC0848 The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Myster $22.90
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