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| Author | : Ahmed Mahmoud |
| Publisher | : Ahmed Mahmoud |
| Total Pages | : 30 |
| Release | : 2023-08-17 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
The Pyramids of Egypt are some of the most impressive and mysterious structures ever built. They have been standing for thousands of years, and they continue to fascinate people all over the world. This book will take you on a journey to the past, to explore the history, construction, and mysteries of the pyramids.
| Author | : Robert M. Schoch |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2004-05-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1440651094 |
Is it a mere coincidence that pyramids are found throughout our globe? Did cultures ranging across vast spaces in geography and time, such as the ancient Egyptians; early Bud-dhists; the Maya, Inca, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations of the Americas; the Celts of the British Isles; and even the Mississippi Indians of pre-Columbus Illinois, simply dream the same dreams and envision the same structures? Robert M. Schoch-one of the world's preeminent geologists in recasting the date of the building of the Great Sphinx-believes otherwise. In this dramatic and meticulously reasoned book, Schoch, like anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl in his classic Kon-Tiki, argues that ancient cultures traveled great distances by sea. Indeed, he believes that primeval sailors traveled from the Eastern continent, primarily Southeast Asia, and spread the idea of pyramids across the globe, particularly to the New World of the Americas where they abounded until the days of the Conquistadors.
| Author | : Peter Tompkins |
| Publisher | : Lane, Allen |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 1973-01-01 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : 9780713905953 |
| Author | : James P. Allen |
| Publisher | : Society of Biblical Lit |
| Total Pages | : 484 |
| Release | : 2007-08-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1589836782 |
The Pyramid Texts are the oldest body of extant literature from ancient Egypt. First carved on the walls of the burial chambers in the pyramids of kings and queens of the Old Kingdom, they provide the earliest comprehensive view of the way in which the ancient Egyptians understood the structure of the universe, the role of the gods, and the fate of human beings after death. Their importance lies in their antiquity and in their endurance throughout the entire intellectual history of ancient Egypt. This volume contains the complete translation of the Pyramid Texts, including new texts recently discovered and published. It incorporates full restorations and readings indicated by post-Old Kingdom copies of the texts and is the first translation that presents the texts in the order in which they were meant to be read in each of the original sources.
| Author | : Denis J. Hauptly |
| Publisher | : Atheneum Books |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780689309731 |
AS history of the Western world.
| Author | : John Romer |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 514 |
| Release | : 2013-08-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1250030102 |
The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
| Author | : Cynthia Kennedy Henzel |
| Publisher | : ABDO |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781616135669 |
Provides information about the pyramids of Egypt which were built as tombs for the country's kings or pharaohs.
| Author | : Toby Wilkinson |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2014-02-13 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1408839938 |
From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in which rural life – fishing, farming, flooding – continues much as it has for millennia. At this most critical juncture in the country's history, foremost Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey up the Nile, north from Lake Victoria, from Cataract to Cataract, past the Aswan Dam, to the delta. The country is a palimpsest, every age has left its trace: as we pass the Nilometer on the island of Elephantine which since the days of the Pharaohs has measured the height of Nile floodwaters to predict the following season's agricultural yield and set the parameters for the entire Egyptian economy, the wonders of Giza which bear the scars of assault by nineteenth-century archaeologists and the modern-day unbridled urban expansion of Cairo – and in Egypt's earliest art (prehistoric images of fish-traps carved into cliffs) and the Arab Spring (fought on the bridges of Cairo) – the Nile is our guide to understanding the past and present of this unique, chaotic, vital, conservative yet rapidly changing land.
| Author | : Keith A. Robinson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2010-04-01 |
| Genre | : Iraq |
| ISBN | : 9780984061136 |
Buried deep beneath the sands of Iraq, a team of archeologists led by Jeffrey Evans uncovers an ancient chamber filled with mystery. In addition to the strange corpses and leather-bound tomes, the team discovers that the chamber also houses a nearly complete, two-story pyramid. Following the instructions contained in the tomes, a team of scientists and specialists complete the mysterious structure, which they believe to be a kind of space craft. However, when they are forced to activate the pyramid due to a surprise attack from an unknown adversary, Jeffrey, his wife Rebecca and the rest of his team are launched into a journey that threatens their lives, their relationships and their beliefs. As they face vicious dinosaurs, primitive Mayans, ancient Greeks and ice age cavemen, they begin to wonder about the true purpose of the pyramid. Is it a spacecraft, an inter-dimensional device, a time machine or something else? And more importantly, where or when, is it taking them and will they be able to find their way back home? Filled with edge-of-your-seat action, serious drama, and memorable characters, Pyramid of the Ancients grips the reader from page one. It also contains foot notes and extensively-researched information about the true history of the Earth based upon the Biblical worldview. This novel is highly recommended for anyone interested in the debate of Creation vs. Evolution.
| Author | : L. L. Wynn |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2010-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0292774095 |
2008 — Leeds Honor Book in Urban Anthropology – Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology Living in Egypt at the turn of the millennium, cultural anthropologist L. L. Wynn was struck by the juxtapositions of Western, Gulf Arab, and Egyptian viewpoints she encountered. For some, Egypt is the land of mummies and pharaohs. For others, it is a vortex of decadence, where nightlife promises a chance to salivate over belly dancers and maybe even glimpse a movie star. Offering a new approach to ethnography, Pyramids and Nightclubs examines cross-cultural encounters to bring to light the counterintuitive ways in which Egypt is defined. Guiding readers on an armchair journey that introduces us to Russian and Australian belly dancers on Nile cruise ships, Egyptian rumors about an Arab prince and his royal entourage, Saudi girls looking for a less restrictive dating scene, and other visitors to this "antique" land, Wynn uses the lens of travel and tourism to depict a fascinating and often surprising version of Egypt, while exploring the concept of stereotype itself. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, Pyramids and Nightclubs ultimately describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labor migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other.
