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138 Fig. 39 ing pyramids so that they might journey to the Afterlife, the Pha- raohs adorned them with appropriate symbols, with illustrations of the journey, and in several instances also covered the walls with quotations from The Book of the Dead. The three pyramids of Giza, unique in their external and internal construction, size, and incredi- ble durability, are also distinguished in that there is no inscription or decoration whatsoever inside them. They are just stark, func- tional structures, rising from the plain as twin beacons to play a THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN