Riddle of the pyramids Justin Marozzi finds out more about how the pyramids were built - but some mysteries will always remain From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: July 20, 2003| Author: JUSTIN MAROZZI | Copyright 2003 The Sunday Telegraph London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Pyramid Builder: Cheops, The Man Behind the Great Pyramid

by Christine El Mahdy

Headline, pounds 20, 325 pp

pounds 18 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222

Pyramids: The Real Story Behind Egypt's Most Ancient Monuments

by Joyce Tyldesley

Viking, pounds 18.99, 254 pp

pounds 16.99 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222

WRITING IN 1924, James Baikie, the renowned historian of Egypt, observed that "though the pyramids may fairly claim to be the most...

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