Bibliography

Seated ivory statuette of King Khufu, just three inches high, found in the temple of Khentamenti at Abydos


Ascertaining and evaluating relevant structural points using the Cheops pyramid as an example - Rudolf Gantenbrink, ORDO ET MENSURA CONGRESS, Deutsches Museum, Munchen, 1997.

Ancient Egyptian Literature vol. 1 - Miriam Lichtheim,  University of California Press, Ltd, London, 1975.

The Complete Pyramids - Mark Lehner, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 1997.

The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
- Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Routledge, London/ New York,  1999.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian - Raymond O. Faulkner, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1996.

Early Dynastic Egypt - Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Routledge, London, 1999.

Egyptian Grammar - Alan Gardiner, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1994.

Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary - E. A. Wallis Budge, Dover Publications, NY, 1978.

Gods of the Egyptians - E.A. Wallis Budge, Dover Publications, NY, 1969.

Niches, Slots, Grooves and Stains: Internal Frameworks in the Khufu Pyramid - Mark Lehner.

Osiris & The Egyptian Resurrection - E.A.Wallis Budge, Dover Publications, New York, 1973.

Papyrus of Ani -
Raymond O. Faulkner, Dr. Ogden Goelet, Carol Andrews, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1994. 

Pyramids & Temples of Gizeh - Flinders Petrie, The Royal Society, London, 1883.

Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art - Gay Robins, Thames & Hudson, Ltd, London, 1994.

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts - Raymond O. Faulkner, Oxford University Press, 1969.

Religion & Conscience in Ancient Egypt - Flinders Petrie, Methuen & Co., London, 1898.

Reading a Pyramid  - James P. Allen, Hommages à Jean Leclant. BdE 106/1. 1993, p. 5-28.

The Pyramid of Unas - Alexandre Piankoff, Bollingen Series XL-5, Princeton University Press, 1968.

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Introduction

The Concept of the Pyramid

Osiris-Djed

The Measures

Canon of Proportions

The Pyramid and the Body

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