The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt: A Modern Investigation of Pharaoh's Workforce [Paperback]

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.In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them.Dr A Rosalie David, Rosalie DavidACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, PART I THE BACKGROUND, PART II THE TOWN OF KAHUN, PART III THE INVESTIGATION, CONCLUSION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEXUS? 1986, 1996 A.R.David