The Great Pyramid : ancient Egypt revisited / John Romer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-555) and index.

The Valley of the Kings. -- Visions of the Pyramid. -- The Pyramid-Makers. The ghosts in the cemetery ; The people on the plateau. -- The Land and the Pyramid -- The Great Inheritance. The first pyramid ; The pyramids of Sneferu. -- Planning the Pyramid -- Building the Pyramid -- After Khufu.

The Great Pyramid's eerily precise architecture has for centuries both astounded and puzzled archaeologists and has given rise to numerous modern fantasies concerning the so-called 'Mystery of the Pyramids'. Sweeping away centuries of myth and confusion, the author describes for the first time exactly how the Great Pyramid was designed and built. He argues that the pyramid makers worked from a single plan whose existence has long been doubted and even denied by scholars. Moreover, the Great Pyramid's unique architecture is integral to the way it was built, and for its builders the tasks of construction and design were not separate as they are now. By placing this awesome monument in its genuine contemporary context, this book underlines the extraordinary talents and the originality of the ancient Egyptians at the time of King Khufu.