The volume covers the 2005 season of clearing and mapping at the Khentkawes Town on the Giza Plateau, ongoing work on the 4th Dynasty settlement at the Lost City of the Pyramids (Heit el-Ghurob [HeG] site), and two other projects at the HeG site: conservation of a small residential structure and survey, mapping, and excavation of Late Period burials. The work at the HeG site encompasses excavations at the Wall of the Crow; in the area East of the Galleries; within the Royal Administration Building; and in the Western Town, Pottery Mound, House Units 1 and 3, and the Pedestal Building area.

The volume covers the 2005 season of clearing and mapping at the Khentkawes Town on the Giza Plateau, ongoing work on the 4th Dynasty settlement at the Lost City of the Pyramids (Heit el-Ghurob [HeG] site), and two other projects at the HeG site: conservation of a small residential structure and survey, mapping, and excavation of Late Period burials. The work at the HeG site encompasses excavations at the Wall of the Crow; in the area East of the Galleries; within the Royal Administration Building; and in the Western Town, Pottery Mound, House Units 1 and 3, and the Pedestal Building area.

GOP 3 offers preliminary excavation results from the 2006-2007 season at the Heit el-Ghurab (HeG) site of Giza and from clearing and mapping at the Khentkawes Town site. The volume includes the results of a ground-penetrating radar study by Glen Dash in the areas around the Valley Temples of Menkaure and Khafre, as well as near the Khentkawes Town. Mark Lehner's Capital Zone article discusses the geomorphological history of the Heit el-Ghurab site and the Khentkawes Town at Giza as it relates to observations and conclusions about the flood plain and Nile flood levels, with an overall emphasis on the Old Kingdom, at Dahshur, in the Memphis/Saqqara area, near Giza and in the region of Ausim and Abu Roash. Bunbury, Lutley, and Graham offer an overall view of Giza's geomorphology, and Yukinori Kawae summarizes the 2006 three-dimensional laser scanning of the Khentkawes monument.

During 2009, the Giza Plateau Mapping Project carried out excavations at two sites as part of its ongoing research program: 1) the settlement connected to the Khentkawes Monument on the Giza Plateau and 2) the nearby town, Heit el-Ghurab (aka Lost City of the Pyramids). The 2009 work yielded some important discoveries such as evidence that the 4th Dynasty Khentkawes Town was in fact occupied into the 5th Dynasty with reoccupation later, probably in the 6th Dynasty. The major discovery was the remains of a previously unknown valley complex off the east end of the Khentkawes Town made up of corridors, ramps, and stairs descending into a depression that may prove to be a harbor. This collection of papers by archaeologists and specialists details the results of the excavations and additional work carried out in 2009. The book is well illustrated with abundant maps and photographs, along with large foldout maps and isometric drawings.

This book presents the latest archaeological evidence that makes a case for Egypt as an early urban society. It traces the emergence of urban features during the Predynastic Period up to the disintegration of the powerful Middle Kingdom state (ca. 3500-1650 BC).