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MOUNTAINS OF THE PHARAOHS --- THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
by Zahi Hawass. Doubleday, 2006

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INTRODUCTION (p1-10)

PART 1 --- THE DAWN OF THE 4TH DYNASTY (p11-54)


1) The Reign of Sneferu (p13-20)

2) Sneferu at Meidum (p21-31)

3) Dahshur --- Sneferu and the "Cult of the Sun" (p32-41)

4) The court of Sneferu (p42-47)

5) The king is dead (p48-52)


PART 2 --- THE REIGN OF THE SUN GOD (p55-105)


6) The early reign of Khufu (p55-66)

7) Revolution in Year Five (p67-79)

8) Ruthless monarch or great scientist? (p80-84)

9) Khufu's Court (p85-100)

10) The completion of the Great Pyramid and the death of Khufu (p101-105)


PART 3 --- THE HEIRS OF KHUFU (p107-154)


11) Battles stir within the royal family (p109-113)

12) The conspiracies of Khafre (p114-116)

13) The pyramid complex of Khafre (p117-132)


[1] The Great Sphinx (p125-128)

[2] The date of the Sphinx (p128-131)

[3] The meaning of the Great Sphinx (p131-132)


14) The court of Khafre (p133-137)

15) The death of Khafre (p138-139)

16) Menkaure Ascends the throne (p140-154)


PART 4 --- THE PYRAMID BUILDERS AT GIZA (p155-176)

17) The pyramid builders of Giza (p157-166)

18) The lives of the pyramid builders (p167-176)

PART 5 --- THE END OF AN ERA (p177-193)

19) Shepseskaf, the good son (p179-181)

20) The rising of the sons of Re (p182-184)

21) The abandonment of Giza (p185-193)

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