Mountains Of The Pharaohs

A world-renowned archaeologist and the official guardian of Egypt's timeless treasures weaves the latest archaeological data and an enthralling family history into spellbinding narrative.

Not since GODS, GRAVES AND SCHOLARS has a book been published which so vividly captures the excitement and drama of archaeology. Here is the history of the exploration of the great pyramids--those enormous stone monuments which served as the tombstones and burial crypts of the Egyptian Kings--edifices so immense that the Arabs called them "Mountains of Pharaoh."