The treasures of the Pyramids

Besides being marvelous architectural constructions produced in very ancient history, the pyramids are the most apparent aspect of the unique religious and metaphysical beliefs of a civilization that developed on the banks of the Nile and evolved to an extraordinarily refined level.

For the first time, this book brings together all the most important Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom pyramids and the great necropolises in Memphis and presents them in an exhaustive fashion, interpreted in the light of the most recent discoveries. Their descriptions are accompanied by maps, plans and reconstructions that take the reader on a journey of discovery into the world and civilization that developed on the banks of the Nile during the fourth and third millennia B.C.

Zahi Hawass is the Director of excavations at Giza, Saqquara and Bahariya and the General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquitie.