The pyramid builders of Ancient Egypt
a modern investigation of pharaoh's workforce
by Rosalie David & A. Rosalie David
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
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.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Pyramids, ancient engineering, and sacred architecture.
Controlled discovery queries from openalex and openlibrary matched “ancient pyramids” and “Pyramids”. Retained metadata contains “pyramid” in the title, “Pyramids” in the description, “pyramid” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “ancient pyramids”· via OpenAlex
- “Pyramids”· via Open Library
- “pyramid”· in title
- “Pyramids”· in description
- “pyramid”· in subject
- “Pyramids”· in subject
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Editions
Open Library reports 10 editions; 2 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAlex scholarly book record | 2002-06-01 | — | English | — | Unknown | |
a modern investigation of pharaoh's workforce Open Library record | 1986 | Routledge & K. Paul | English |
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Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Antiquities
- Archeology
- Ancient history
- Social life and customs
- Civilization
- Mathematics
- Pyramides
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Antiquités
- Geometry
- Manners and customs
- Ancient egypt
- Mœurs et coutumes
- Pyramid (geometry)
- Egypt, civilization
- Pyramids, miscellanea
- Conception et construction
- Pyramid of Sesostris II (Egypt)
- Egypt, social life and customs
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Identifiers
- ISBN-13
- ISBN-10
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- OpenAlex
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- OpenAlexW4251485396 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL257648W (opens in a new tab)
Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 10 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL257648W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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