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The book explains why access to pyramid research has often been limited for general readers and reviews existing major presentations. It synthesizes the state of research in the late 1990s, grounded mainly in excavation results led by the Czech Institute of Egyptology at the University of Prague, and addresses how new discoveries and changing excavation priorities continually reshape earlier interpretations.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE PYRAMIDS  \nMiroslav Verner directed the Czech Institute of Egyptology for seventeen years and is Professor of Egyptology at Charles University in Prague. He has also been guest professor at the Universities of Vienna, Hamburg and the American University of Cairo and, since 1976, has been leading excavations currently being carried out by Czech archaeologists in Abusir.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOriginally published in Czech in 1997 under the title Pyramidy, tajemstvi minulosti by Academia, Prague.  \nBasis for this translation is the German edition as published by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg, which has been completely revised and extended by the author.  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2001 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd.  \nThis digital edition published in Great Britain in 2014 by Atlantic Books.  \nCopyright © 1997 by Miroslav Verner  \nCopyright © 1998 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH Translation copyright © 2001 by Steven Rendallllustrations copyright © 1997 by Jolana Malátková  \nThe moral right of Miroslav Verner to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this  \nbook.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \neISBN: 9781782396802  \nAtlantic Books  \nOrmond House  \n26–27 Boswell Street  \nLondon WC1N 3JZ  \n[www.atlantic-books.co.uk](www.atlantic-books.co.uk)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPyramids have been built in various places on earth, at various times, and for various purposes. But only a few have been considered wonders ofthe world ever since antiquity—the Egyptian pyramids. This book is dedicated to them and to their creators.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nTHE PYRAMIDS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFOREWORD  \nIt is both surprising and unfortunate that in recent decades professional researchers of the pyramids have seldom made their fascinating work accessible to the general public. There are a few short guides to specific excavation sites and specialized works that discuss questions relating to the construction of the pyramids and the fantastic theories associated with them in particular historical periods, yet only three significant general presentations of the subject addressed to a wider audience are currently available. The Pyramids of Egypt (1st ed., London, 1947), by the late Eiddon Edwards, a British Egyptologist and celebrated connoisseur of the Egyptian pyramids, has gone through several reprintings and has been translated into several languages. In addition, there is Die ägyptischen Pyramiden: vom Ziegelbau zum Weltwunder (1st ed., Mainz, 1985), by the no less celebrated German expert Rainer Stadelmann; its success with readers led the author to publish an expanded version of this work. There is also The Complete Pyramids (London and Cairo, 1997), a richly illustrated overview of the subject by the American archaeologist Mark Lehner.  \nArchaeologists continue to deepen our knowledge of the pyramids and to produce new theories about them. As a result, many earlier views concerning these monumental edifices, their creators, and their epoch have had to be partly corrected or wholly revised. Even today, it is possible to find previously undiscovered or completely unknown pyramids. Thus even if Egyptologists were able to provide satisfactory answers to many questions still outstanding today, research on the pyramids would continue. 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