How did a people who lived nearly five thousand years ago, who knew neither iron nor bronze and who lacked mastery of elementary rules of calculation, manage to construct enormous stone structures with a precision seldom matched even by modern architecture? By one of the world's leading Egyptologists, The Pyramids sets our knowledge of these unique, haunting and perennially fascinating edifices into the context of ancient Egyptian culture and politics.
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How did a people who lived nearly five thousand years ago, who knew neither iron nor bronze and who lacked mastery of elementary rules of calculation, manage to construct enormous stone structures with a precision seldom matched even by modern architecture? By one of the world's leading Egyptologists, The Pyramids sets our knowledge of these unique, haunting and perennially fascinating edifices into the context of ancient Egyptian culture and politics.
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Very Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches. Textblock has tanning. Book content is in very good readable condition. 512 p. 200 line drawings, 2 x 8pp colour plate section.
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Like New in No d/j as Published jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. Address inside cover. This is the perennially fascinating Egyptian pyramids introduced by a world expert. How did a people who lived nearly five thousand years ago, who knew neither iron nor bronze and who lacked mastery of elementary rules of calculation, manage to construct enormous stone structures with a precision seldom matched even by modern architecture? By one of the world's leading Egyptologists, "The Pyramids" sets our knowledge of these unique, haunting and perennially fascinating edifices into the context of ancient Egyptian culture and politics. 495pp.
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