The Pyramids (New and Revised): The Archaeology and History of Egypt's Iconic MonumentsAn authoritative account by preeminent Egyptologist Miroslav Verner covering over 70 of Egypts and Sudans pyramids, their historical and political significance, updated in a magnificent new edition A pyramid, as the posthumous residence of a king and the place of his eternal cult, was just a single, if dominant, part of a larger complex of structures with specific religious, economic, and administrative functions. The first royal pyramid in Egypt was