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The Red Sea scrolls : how ancient papyri reveal the secrets of the pyramids / Pierre Tallet, Mark Lehner.
LIBRA DT63 .T35 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tallet, Pierre, 1966- author.
- Lehner, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pyramids of Giza (Egypt).
- Tombs--Egypt--Jīzah.
- Tombs.
- Scrolls--Egypt.
- Scrolls.
- Egyptian language--Papyri.
- Egyptian language.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--Jīzah.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 319 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color), plans ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., [2021]
- Summary:
- "Pierre Tallet's discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls - the world's oldest surviving written documents - in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner's research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the first time, Tallet and Lehner together give us the definitive account of this astounding discovery. The story begins with Tallet's hunt for hieroglyphic rock inscriptions in the Sinai Peninsula, leading up to the discovery of the papyri - the diary of Inspector Merer, who oversaw workers in the reign of Pharaoh Khufu - in Wadi el-Jarf, the site of an ancient harbour on the Red Sea. The translation of the papyri reveals for the first time exactly how the stones of the Great Pyramid were transported to Giza. Combined with Lehner's excavations of the recently unearthed harbour, the Red Sea Papyri have greatly advanced our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians were able to build monuments that survive to this day. Tallet and Lehner narrate this thrilling discovery and explore how the building of the pyramids helped create a unified state, propelling Egyptian civilization forward. This lavishly illustrated book captures the excitement and significance of these seminal findings, conveying above all how astonishing it is to discover a contemporary eye-witness testimony to the creation of the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I ON THE TRAIL OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
- ch. 1 Riches in Egypt's Remote Deserts
- ch. 2 Finding the Red Sea Ports
- pt. II WHY THE RED SEA AND THE PYRAMIDS ARE LINKED
- ch. 3 The Quest for Copper The Crucial Mines in Sinai and their Role in Building the Pyramids
- ch. 4 From Sneferu to Khufu Great Kings and their Giant Pyramids
- ch. 5 From Khufu to Khafre Wadi el-Jarf to Ayn Sukhna
- pt. III THE WORLD'S OLDEST WRITTEN DOCUMENTS
- ch. 6 Finding the Papyri
- ch. 7 Translating the Papyri
- ch. 8 What the Papyri Tell Us
- pt. IV THE STORY OF INSPECTOR MERER
- ch. 9 How Merer and His Men Transported Stone to Giza
- ch. 10 From the Red Sea to the Nile Delta A Year in the Life of Merer and his Men
- pt. V HOW THEY BUILT THE GREAT PYRAMID
- ch. 11 From Workers' Village to Port City
- ch. 12 Ankh-haf, Director of the Port of Khufu
- ch. 13 Feeding and Supplying the Workers
- ch. 14 How They Might Have Raised the Stones
- pt. VI LEGACY
- ch. 15 How the Pyramids Created a Unified State.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0500052115
- 9780500052112
- OCLC:
- 1240412996
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