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The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt: Modern Investigation of Pharaoh's Workforce
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Product Description
In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #427914 in Books
- Published on: 1997-01-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 264 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
This text presents the Egyptian builders of the pyramids as simple people, leading ordinary lives while they are engaged on building the great tomb for a Pharoah. The text is aimed at the general reader, offering a picture of a community that lived in Egypt and built one of the pyramids, some 4000 years ago.
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In Rosalie David's hands, the Egyptian builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people, leading ordinary lives while they are engaged on building the great tomb for a Pharoah. This is an engrossing detective story, bringing to the general reader a fascinating picture of a special community that lived in Egypt and built one of the pyramids, some four thousand years ago.
Customer Reviews
Strikes (!) in Ancient Egypt
Excellent description of life as a Worker in Egypt -housing, diet, health-care, legal. Mainly concentrates on the town of Kahun and Petrie's excavation of 1888/89. But a good general description for all that.
