Pyramids of Egypt
Edwards, I. E. S.
Pyramids of Egypt - London Penguin Books 1985 - xx,310,vp.
LIST OF BLACK AND WHITE PLATES vii
LIST OF FIGURES xi
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION xv
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION xvii
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION xix
INTRODUCTION 1
I. MASTABAS AND EARLY BURIAL CUSTOMS 19
2.STEP PYRAMIDS 34
3.THE TRANSITION TO THE TRUE PYRAMID 70
4.THE GIZA GROUP 97
5.PYRAMIDS OF THE VTH AND VITH DYNASTIES 150
6.MIDDLE KINGDOM PYRAMIDS 191
7.LATER PYRAMIDS 224
8.CONSTRUCTION AND PURPOSE 241
TABLE OF THE MAJOR PYRAMIDS OF THE OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS 284
BIBLIOGRAPHY 286
INDEX 303
9780140225495
932.012 / EDW
Pyramids of Egypt - London Penguin Books 1985 - xx,310,vp.
LIST OF BLACK AND WHITE PLATES vii
LIST OF FIGURES xi
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION xv
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION xvii
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION xix
INTRODUCTION 1
I. MASTABAS AND EARLY BURIAL CUSTOMS 19
2.STEP PYRAMIDS 34
3.THE TRANSITION TO THE TRUE PYRAMID 70
4.THE GIZA GROUP 97
5.PYRAMIDS OF THE VTH AND VITH DYNASTIES 150
6.MIDDLE KINGDOM PYRAMIDS 191
7.LATER PYRAMIDS 224
8.CONSTRUCTION AND PURPOSE 241
TABLE OF THE MAJOR PYRAMIDS OF THE OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS 284
BIBLIOGRAPHY 286
INDEX 303
9780140225495
932.012 / EDW