TY - GEN AU - Edwards, I. E. S. TI - Pyramids of Egypt SN - 9780140225495 U1 - 932.012 PY - 1985/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - N1 - 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 ER -