The Pyramid Builder: Cheops, the Man Behind the Great Pyramid by Christine El Mahdy
Christine El Mahdy reveals a dramatic new theory of how the Great Pyramid was built by its creator, the pharaoh Cheops.
Four and a half thousand years ago, the largest of the wonders of the ancient world was built. The Great Pyramid at Giza has fascinated and intrigued scholars ever since and it is the only one of the wonders listed by the Greeks to have survived intact to this day. By the time Tutankhamen ruled Egypt it was already 1500 years old; to Cleopatra it was an antiquity. But how was it built? Why and by whom?
The Great Pyramid, thought to be evidence of a slave-culture on a truly despotic scale, has fascinated travellers and archaeologists since the nineteenth-century revival of interest in antiquities. And with it a fascination with the pharaoh who built it: Cheops.
Christine El Mahdy has turned her detective approach to Egyptology into a gripping and incisive look at the man behind the monument – the life and times of Cheops, the greatest pyramid builder of them all.
Format: Hardback | 352 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24.1 x 15.9 x 3.2 | 666g
Publication Date: 07 Aug 2003
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
ISBN10: 075531008X
ISBN13: 9780755310081
Condition: Very Good
A vintage book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very, very minor scuff marks along the edges of the front cover. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (very minor scuff marks along the edges). No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.