ASIN: B00F0VXCBS
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 63
*Includes pictures of the various pyramids and computer generated layouts of the pyramid complexes.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world.” – Zahi Hawass, EgyptologistThe pyramids of Egypt are such recognizable symbols of antiquity that for millennia, people have made assumptions about what they are and why they exist, without full consideration of the various meanings these ancient symbolic structures have had over the centuries. Generations have viewed them as symbols of a lost past, which in turn is often portrayed as a world full of romance and mystery. This verbal meaning has become associated with the structures through the tourism industry, where ...
