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The Builder Pharaohs Paperback – March 15, 2007 French edition
by Henri Stierlin (Author)
From 2800 BC, and for three millennia, the Nile Valley, from the delta to Nubia, was a vast construction site led by pharaohs competing with each other in ambition. Pyramids, temples, tombs, chapels, grandiose cities, palaces, fortresses, all these constructions share the same spirit that gives them a unique character.
This work offers a clear and accessible synthesis of pharaonic architecture. The author draws on historical and archaeological data to reveal the spiritual significance of this architecture as well as the construction techniques and the mysteries that remain. It allows us to understand why and especially how Egyptian art, which continued to flourish and be reborn for three thousand years, produced some of humanity’s greatest masterpieces.
The sites of Giza, Saqqara, Karnak, Luxor, the Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel, Edfu, Dendera, and Philae are revealed to us through images and text for our greatest pleasure.
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