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Author : Gerard C. A. Fonte
Publisher : Algora Pub
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0875865216
Author : Craig B. Smith
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588346223
Going 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.
Author : Kevin Jackson,Jonathan Stamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Egypt
ISBN : PSU:000050137473
Tells how the great pyramid was constructed including design, history, and societal conditions.
Author : Bob Brier,Jean-Pierre Houdin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780061981784
A 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.
Author : Bob Moores
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781532077050
This book examines the architectural achievements of the Egyptian pyramid builders and how they may have accomplished those deeds. Many of their building techniques we today cannot explain. The baffling puzzle of how the stones were raised is one of these. The big puzzle aside, many minor mysteries are for the first time explained. Egyptologists agree that those performing the heavy labor were conscripted citizens, not slaves. The builders were inventive, motivated, daring, and superbly organized. They made mistakes, the price of innovation. Still, they persevered, and created some of the most impressive monuments in history. This book should help the reader understand the problems the builders faced, and instill admiration of their work.
Author : Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Egyptian language
ISBN : 9781613101919
The Egyptian pyramid texts, which are the basis of this work, were collected and inscribed on the walls of five royal pyramids at Sakkareh between the years 2350 and 2175 B.C. The present work is the first English translation with commentary.
Author : jean -pierre houdin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9771730614
Solves the riddles of Khufu's pyramid by combining archaeological information and a professional architect's approach.
Author : Christopher Dunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439684
A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments • Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum • Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times. Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.
Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982-04-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547348391
“The mystery of the pyramids is solved before our eyes” in this illustrated YA guide to their construction by the Caldecott Medal-winning author (Kirkus). In Pyramid, acclaimed author and illustrator David Macaulay explores the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids from the initial planning stages to the methods used to lift stones up to the structure’s highest level. Through concise text and richly detailed black and white illustrations your readers are introduced not only to ancient Egyptian engineering, tools, and labor practices, but also the philosophy of life, death, and afterlife that made these awe-inspiring monuments necessary as a pharaoh’s final resting place. "Macaulay's brilliant Pyramid shows, detail by detail, how the great pharaohs' burial places were conceived and constructed… His draftsmanship is unexcelled, and his book is pharaonic in opulence and design."—Time
Author : Chris Massey
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 1846247349
This engaging account is the result of Massey's pool-side ponderings, in which he gives a detailed alternative theory of how the ancient Egyptians could have used water to their advantage to make pyramid building much easier.
Author : John Taylor (Publisher.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000263668
Author : Jeanette Leardi
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597162661
Examines the building of this great tomb.
Author : Elizabeth Mann
Publisher : Mikaya Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 9780965049313
A history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it.
Author : Mark Lehner,Pierre Tallet
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500777022
The inside story, told by excavators of the extraordinary discovery of the world’s oldest papyri, revealing how Egyptian King Khufu’s men built the Great Pyramid at Giza. Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls—the world’s oldest surviving written documents—in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, and combined with Mark Lehner’s research, changed what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the first time, the world-renowned Egyptologists Tallet and Lehner give us the definitive account of this astounding discovery. The story begins with Tallet’s hunt for hieroglyphic rock inscriptions in the Sinai Peninsula and leads up to the discovery of the papyri, the diary of Inspector Merer, who oversaw workers in the reign of Pharaoh Khufu in Wadi el-Jarf, the site of an ancient harbor on the Red Sea. The translation of the papyri reveals how the stones of the Great Pyramid ended up in Giza. Combined with Lehner’s excavations of the harbor at the pyramid construction site the Red Sea Papyri have greatly advanced our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians were able to build monuments that survive to this day. Tallet and Lehner narrate this thrilling discovery and explore how the building of the pyramids helped create a unified state, propelling Egyptian civilization forward. This lavishly illustrated book captures the excitement and significance of these seminal findings, conveying above all how astonishing it is to discover a contemporary eyewitness testimony to the creation of the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World.
Author : Clifford A. Wilson
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UOM:39015005526572