The Great Pyramids (Discoveries (Harry Abrams))

The Great Pyramids (Discoveries (Harry Abrams))

The newest installment of Abramsâ€™ Discoveries series brings the reader to the last of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramids of Giza, which remain among the worldâ€™s most mysterious architectural and archaeological achievements. The Great Pyramid and the two smaller pyramids that make up the Giza Necropolis, commissioned by the pharaoh Khufu, or Cheops, around 2560 BC, have fascinated scientists and historians from Antiquity to the present. Beginning with Herodotusâ€™s fifth-century B.C. observations of these massive monuments, author Jean-Pierre Corteggiani leads the reader through historical theories, sketches, and excavations of the Pyramids, including the 2004 investigation by amateur Egyptologists Gilles Dormion and Jean-Yves Verdâ€™hurt into a previously undiscovered room of the Great Pyramid. In addition to the central conundrumâ€”the question of how the pyramids were builtâ€”Corteggiani examines the attraction of the site throughout the ages; many explorers, conquerors, soldiers, and pilgrims made their way to the Pyramids, often leaving their marks in graffiti on the stones. Perhaps the most famous emblems of Ancient Egypt, to this day the Pyramids of Giza continue to confound and seduce visitors and scientists alike.
Country USA
Brand Abrams Books
Manufacturer Harry N. Abrams
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780810994584
ReleaseDate 2007-11-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780810994584

Country	USA
Brand	Abrams Books
Manufacturer	Harry N. Abrams
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780810994584
ReleaseDate	2007-11-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780810994584

The Great Pyramids (Discoveries (Harry Abrams))

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