Pyramid

Ends: Desert sands

the story begins

Eyewitness: Early pyramids

Nile Delta

North Pyramid and Bent Pyramid

Surveying the site: Giza

Quarrying the stone

Moving the blocks

Laying the foundations

Catalogue: Tools and measurements

Water transport

Nile in flood: Seasonal workers

Masonry work

Pyramid rises: Ramp theories

Grand gallery

King's chamber

Adding the capstone

Removing the ramp

Finished pyramid awaits ...

Eyewitness: Pharaoh dies

Egyptian gods and the afterlife

Mummification

X-ray of a mummy, from head ...

... to toe

Funeral procession and barge

Procession arrives

Into the burial chamber

Pyramid complex

Eyewitness: Finding the pyramids and Rosetta Stone

The Sphinx

Catalogue: Tomb treasures

Catalogue: Pyramids

Glossary and index

Imprint and acknowledgments.