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Eternity in Stone: Egypt’s Pyramid Age (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #3)

Eternity in Stone: Egypt’s Pyramid Age (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #3)

By A.J. Carmichael

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Eternity in Stone: Egypt’s Pyramid Age (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #3)

Length7h 29m

About this audiobook

Eternity in Stone: Egypt's Pyramid Age transports readers into the crucible of Egypt's first golden age, when mudbrick tombs gave way to mountains of stone, and the kings of Dynasties III to VI inscribed their power across the desert horizon. From the sacred necropolis of Abydos to the dazzling innovations at Saqqara, from Memphis's administrative might to Heliopolis's solar theology, this book follows the evolution of Egypt from fragile chiefdoms to the world's first centralized empire. At the center stand Pharaoh Djoser and his visionary architect Imhotep, whose Step Pyramid redefined kingship and architecture alike. The narrative traces the rise of specialized labor, the ideology of divine kingship, the organization of colossal workforces, and the religious imagination that saw pyramids not as tombs, but as cosmic stairways linking earth to heaven.

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Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length7 hrs 29 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 3, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Chapter 1: Setting the Stage – From Predynastic to Pyramid Age

8Chapter 8: Religion and the Pyramid Texts

2Chapter 2: Djoser &amp; Imhotep – The First Pyramid

9Chapter 9: Nobles, Elites, and Everyday Life

3Chapter 3: Sneferu – The Architect Pharaoh

10Chapter 10: Decline of the Old Kingdom

4Chapter 4: Khufu and the Great Pyramid

11Chapter 11: Memory of the Pyramid Age

5Chapter 5: Khafre, Menkaure, and the Giza Plateau

12Chapter 12: The Legacy of the Old Kingdom

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6Chapter 6: Society and Labor in the Pyramid Age

13About the Author

7Chapter 7: The Rise of Bureaucracy and Administration, Section 1.

14About the Publisher

Series

Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and DynastiesBook 3

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