The pyramids : the archaeology and history of Egypt's iconic monuments / Miroslav Verner ; English translation by Steve Rendall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verner, Miroslav, author.

Contributor:

Rendall, Steve, translator.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

Czech

English

German

Subjects (All):

Pyramids--Egypt.

Pyramids.

Egypt.

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.

History.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 464 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

New and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2020.

Summary:

An authoritative account by preeminent Egyptologist Miroslav Verner covering over 70 of Egypt's and Sudan's pyramids, their historical and political significance, updated in a magnificent new edition -- A pyramid, as the posthumous residence of a king and the place of his eternal cult, was just a single, if dominant, part of a larger complex of structures with specific religious, economic, and administrative functions. The first royal pyramid in Egypt was built at the beginning of the Third Dynasty (ca. 2592-2544 BC) by Horus Netjerykhet, later called Djoser, while the last pyramid was the work of Ahmose I, the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca. 1539-1292 BC). -- Nearly two decades have passed since distinguished Egyptologist Miroslav Verner's seminal The Pyramids was first published. In that time, fresh explorations and new sophisticated technologies have contributed to ever more detailed and compelling discussions around Egypt's enigmatic and most celebrated of ancient monuments. In this newly revised and updated edition, including color photographs for the first time, Verner brings his rich erudition and long years of site experience comes to bear on all the latest discoveries and archaeological and historical aspects of over 70 of Egypt's and Sudan's pyramids in the broader context of their more than one-thousand-year-long development. -- Lucidly written, with 300 illustrations, and filled with gripping insights, this comprehensive study illuminates an era that is both millennia away and vividly immediate.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HISTORICAL ISSUES

1. Before the Pyramids

2. The Pyramid Age

3. The Royal Mortuary Cult

4. The Pyramid in Times of Change

pt. II THE OLD KINGDOM AND THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

5. The Third Dynasty

Pyramid Lepsius No. I

Djoser's (Netjerykhet's) Step Pyramid

Sekhemkhet's Step Pyramid

Khaba's (?) Layer Pyramid

The Small Step Pyramids

6. The Fourth Dynasty

Sneferu's Pyramid at Meidum

Sneferu's Bent Pyramid

Sneferu's Red Pyramid

The Great Pyramid of Khufu

Djedefre's Pyramid

Baka's (?) Unfinished Pyramid

Khafre's Pyramid

The Great Sphinx

Menkaure's Pyramid

Shepseskaf's "Mastabat Fara'un"

Khentkawes I's Step Tomb

7. The Fifth Dynasty

Userkaf's Pyramid

Sahure's Pyramid

Neferirkare's Pyramid

Khentkawes Us Pyramid

Neferefre's (Unfinished) Pyramid

Niuserre's Pyramid Complex

The Pyramid of an Anonymous Queen

Menkauhor's (?) "Headless Pyramid"

Djedkare's Pyramid

The Pyramid of Setibhor

Unas's Pyramid

8. The Sixth Dynasty

Teti's Pyramid

Khuit II's Pyramid

Iput I's Pyramid

Seshseshet II's (?) Pyramid

Pepi I's Pyramid

Inenek Inti's Pyramid

Nebuwenet's Pyramid

Ankhnespepi II's Pyramid

Ankhnespepi III's Pyramid

The Pyramid "de l'Ouest"

Meretites II's Pyramid

Mehaa's Pyramid

Behenu's Pyramid

Pyramid of Sebutet (?) Reused by Reheryshefnakht

Merenre I's Pyramid

Pepi II's Pyramid

Iput II's Pyramid

Neith's Pyramid

Udjebten's Pyramid

9. The Eighth Dynasty

-The First Intermediate Period

Ibis Pyramid

The Large Tomb in Dara

The Saff Tombs

The First Intermediate Period Pyramids Known from Written Sources

pt. III THE MIDDLE KINGDOM AND THE SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

10. The End of the Eleventh Dynasty

Mentuhotep II's Terraced Tomb Complex

11. The Twelfth Dynasty

Amenemhat I's Pyramid

Senwosret I's Pyramid

Amenemhat II's Pyramid

Senwosret II's Pyramid

Senwosret III's Pyramid at Dahshur

Senwosret III's Tomb Complex at Abydos

Amenemhat III's Pyramid at Dahshur

Amenemhat III's Pyramid at Hawara

12. The Thirteenth Dynasty

-The Second Intermediate Period

The South Pyramid at Mazghuna

The North Pyramid at Mazghuna

Ameny Qemau's Pyramid

Khendjer's Pyramid

Anonymous Pyramid at South Saqqara (Southwest of Khendjer's)

The Missing Tombs of the Second Intermediate Period Kings

Nubkheperre Intef's Pyramid

13. The Eighteenth Dynasty

The Pyramid of Ahmose I

Postscript

pt. IV THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PYRAMIDS

14. The Pyramid as a State Project

Planning a Project

Sun and Stars, Poles and Ropes

The Economy

The Labor Force

The Settlement of Workers

Materials Used by the Pyramid Builders

Tools of the Pyramid Builders

Lifting Devices or Ramps?.

Notes:

Translated from the German edition. Originally published in Czech as: Pyramidy, tajemství minulosti.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-444) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789774169885

9774169883

OCLC:

1237604455

Publisher Number:

99988375655