Over the past two decades, archaeologists have made great progress in researching the pyramids. They have uncovered edifices that have been buried for centuries under the desert sand and new technology has enabled them to conduct extensive investigations of the pharaohs' tombs. These discoveries have enabled us to answer some fundamental questions about the pyramids that have hitherto remained mysteries.
How, for example, did a people who lived some five thousand years ago, who knew neither iron nor bronze and lacked mastery of sophisticated mathematical calculations, manage to construct enormous stone structures with a precision seldom matched even by modern architecture?
In this book, Miroslav Verner, one of the world's most celebrated pyramid researchers, presents the most up-to-date account of the knowledge we have about the pyramids. He recounts the history of ancient Egyptian culture before and during the period of the pyramids, as well as the remarkable story of modern research, which began when Napoleon's troops conquered Egypt 200 years ago.
