Paul Morrison
The Pharaoh: Book 1 of the Giza Trilogy
The Pharaoh: Book 1 of the Giza Trilogy
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How were the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau built? Why were they built? Who constructed these enormous mountains of stone?
In the first book in the Giza Trilogy, THE PHARAOH these questions are answered, or at least plausible explanations offered to the reader. THE PHARAOH is the fictional account of life and times of Pharaoh Khufu who ruled in Egypt (Kemet) between 2603 B.C. and 2566 B.C. Khufu was builder of the largest of the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau.
The book tells the story of Khufu’s life, from childhood to death – his enrolment in the School of Scribes as well as his duties, firstly as prince and then as pharaoh. Khufu’s military conquests into Kush to gather gold for his treasury are also portrayed, along with his close relationships in the royal palace with his wives and children and finally, his on-going conflict with the priests who try to undermine his power to increase their own. Above all, it is the story of Khufu’s greater vision to construct his magnificent House of Eternity, the pyramid that will ensure his immortality in the After Life – for all of eternity...
THE PHARAOH is an epic novel researched with great accuracy. It helps recreate the times of Khufu and the construction of his pyramid, as well as telling the story of the lives of some of the tens of thousands of everyday workers on the pyramid, bringing these people to life once more. These were the quarry cutters, pullers of stone, overseers and supervisors, priests and scribes, along with the specialist workers such as the carpenters and stonemasons who together, built this mountain of stone as the final resting place for their Pharaoh. The enormous pyramid built by Pharaoh Khufu on the Giza Plateau is the last remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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