The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids
Pierre Tallet and Mark Lehner's new book is the definitive account of this amazing discovery and explores how building the pyramids transformed Egypt. MORE »
The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids
Pierre Tallet and Mark Lehner's new book is the definitive account of this amazing discovery and explores how building the pyramids transformed Egypt. MORE »

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AERA Object Typology is a richly illustrated introduction to the everyday objects of the pyramid workers.
AERAGRAM 20-2
• Shorbet Kawara: An Enlightenment
• Copper at Giza: The Latest News
• An Archaeobotanical Riddle
• Foreign Trade and Heit el-Ghurab
• In Memoriam: Glen Dash & Rabea Mohamed Shehat
AERAGRAM 20-1
• Return to the Menkaure Valley Temple
• Broken, Buried–And (Often) Bewildering: The Menkaure Valley Temple Statuary
• Farmers at Heit el-Ghurab?
• Did Butchers Use Copper Knives at Giza?
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