Scarce. The book is an entirely bilingual publication, French and English. This is the 7th edition of the work. The book is 226 pages in length, with 104 black-and-white plates. Photographs are available upon request.

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Title: Les pyramides de Sakkara / The Pyramids of Sakkara (7th Edition)
Publisher: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale (IFAO), Cairo
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 2724706595
ISBN 13: 9782724706598
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 5th or later Edition
Condition: New, still sealed in shrink wr
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Around 2700 BC, Neteri-khet, the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt-better known today as Djoser-sited his funerary complex at the heart of the Sakkara necropolis. Kings before him had already made Sakkara a place of veneration over the four centuries preceding his reign, and later kings followed Djoser's example. Surrounded by the later pyramids of Sekhem-khet, Userkaf, Unis, and Teti, Djoser's famous Step Pyramid is still the tallest construction at Sakkara. The French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer devoted seventy-five of his hundred years to Sakkara, as a permanent employee of the Service des Antiquites d'Egypte and honorary research director of the CNRS, working on the reconstruction of the Djoser complex. In 2015, this seventh edition of The Pyramids of Sakkara, re-issued with new illustrations by the Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, bears faithful witness to Jean-Philippe Lauer's work. Its informative, succinct text and numerous illustrations provide an immersive experience of the site and give a clear account of the fascinating story of the discovery and long restoration of the Djoser complex.

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