The Pyramids (New and Revised): The Archaeology and History of Egypt's Iconic Monuments, Hardcover/Miroslav Verner

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). About author(s): Miroslav Verner (author) currently resides in Prague, Czechia. Zahi Hawass (foreword) currently resides in Cairo, Egypt.