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Hardcover Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders Book

ISBN: 0385503059

ISBN13: 9780385503051

Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders

The great pyramids of Giza have intrigued humanity for thousands of years. Questions about the construction and the purpose of these majestic monuments have existed since the middle period of ancient Egyptian civilization, but recent cutting-edge research has uncovered information about how and why they were built. In Mountains of the Pharaohs , Zahi Hawass, a world-renowned archaeologist and the official guardian of Egypt's timeless treasures, weaves...

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Rated 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book.

This is a great book if you want to learn about the history of the Pharaohs and the pyramid builders. The author, Zahi Hawass, is secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. Hawass writes that the pharaohs, initially worshippers of the sun and eventually made sun gods themselves, began constructing these pyramids (which were giant tombs) as soon as they...

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Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold story of the Pyramind Builders

Excellent reading. This book kept my interest, I couldn't put the book down.

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