The Great Pyramid
Author: Elizabeth Mann
Publisher: Mikaya Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 0965049310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it.
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How the Great Pyramid Was Built
Author: Craig B. Smith
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2018-02-20
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1588346269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGoing beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredible Great Pyramid of Giza. How would the ancient Egyptians have developed their building plans, devised work schedules, managed laborers, solved specific design and engineering problems, or even improvised on the job? The answers are here, along with dazzling, one-of-a-kind color photographs and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations of tools, materials, and building techniques the ancient masters used. In his foreword to the book, Egypt's Undersecretary of State for the Giza Monuments Zahi Hawass explains the importance of understanding the Great Pyramid as a straightforward construction project.
Secrets of the Great Pyramid
Author: Peter Tompkins
Publisher: Lane, Allen
Published: 1973-01-01
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780713905953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History of Ancient Egypt
Author: John Romer
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-08-20
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1250030102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
The Secret of the Great Pyramid
Author: Bob Brier
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0061981788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA decade ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuriesold question: How was the Great Pyramid built? How, in a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age, could such a massive, complex, and enduring structure have been envisioned and constructed? Laboring at his computer ten hours a day for five years—creating exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the Pyramid's interior—Houdin finally had his answer. It was a startling revelation that cast a fresh light on the minds that conceived one of the wonders of the ancient world. Written by world-renowned Egyptologist Bob Brier in collaboration with Houdin, The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves deftly between the ancient and the modern, chronicling two equally fascinating interrelated histories. It is a remarkable account of the step-by-step planning and assembling of the magnificent edifice—the brainchild of an innovative genius, the Egyptian architect Hemienu, who imagined, organized, and oversaw a monumental construction project that took more than two decades to complete and that employed the services of hundreds of architects, mathematicians, boatbuilders, stonemasons, and metallurgists. Here also is the riveting story of Jean-Pierre Houdin's single-minded search for solutions to the mysteries that have bedeviled Egyptologists for centuries, such as the purpose of the enigmatic Grand Gallery and the Pyramid's crack.
The great pyramid; why was it built? & who built it?.
Author: John Taylor (Publisher.)
Publisher:
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Great Pyramid
Author: Piazzi Smyth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-12-31
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 3368849174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Pyramid Quest
Author: Robert M. Schoch
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-06-02
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1101143665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Egyptologist acclaimed for re-dating the Great Sphinx at Giza sets his sights on one of the true mysteries of antiquity: the Great Pyramid of Giza. What is the Great Pyramid of Giza? Ask that basic question of a traditional Egyptologist, and you get the basic, traditional answer: a fancy tombstone for a self-important pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. This, Egyptologists argue, is the sole finding based on the data, and the only deduction supported by science. By implication, anyone who dissents from this point of view is unscientific and woolly-minded-a believer in magic and ghosts. Indeed, some of the unconventional ideas about the Great Pyramid do have a spectacularly fabulous ring to them. Yet from beneath the obvious terms of this controversy, a deeper, more significant question arises: how is it that the Great Pyramid exercises such a gripping hold on the human psyche- adding cryptic grace to the back of the one-dollar bill and framing myriad claims of New Age "pyramid power"? In Pyramid Quest, Robert M. Schoch and Robert Aquinas McNally use the rigorous intellectual analysis of scientific inquiry to investigate what we know about the Great Pyramid, and develop a stunning hypothesis: This ancient monument is the strongest proof yet that civilization began thousands of years earlier than is generally thought, extending far back into a little-known time. In tracing that story, we come to understand not only the Great Pyramid but also our own origins as civilized beings.
The Shape of the Great Pyramid
Author: Roger Herz-Fischler
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 2009-10-21
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1554587034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho has not seen a picture of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, massive in size but deceptively simple in shape, and not wondered how that shape was determined? Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. Twenty years of research using original and difficult-to-obtain source material has allowed Roger Herz-Fischler to piece together the intriguing story of these theories. Archaeological evidence and ancient Egyptian mathematical texts are discussed in order to place the theories in their proper historical context. The theories themselves are examined, not as abstract mathematical discourses, but as writings by individual authors, both well known and obscure, who were influenced by the intellectual and social climate of their time. Among results discussed are the close links of some of the pyramid theories with other theories, such as the theory of evolution, as well as the relationship between the pyramid theories and the struggle against the introduction of the metric system. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected. This book has been written to be accessible to a wide audience, yet four appendixes, detailed endnotes and an exhaustive bibliography provide specialists with the references expected in a scholarly work.
khufu
Author: jean -pierre houdin
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789771730613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSolves the riddles of Khufu's pyramid by combining archaeological information and a professional architect's approach.
