Egyptian Pyramid

Author : Bob Brier,Jean-Pierre Houdin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780061981784

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The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier,Jean-Pierre Houdin Pdf

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 : Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512468434

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Mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids by Karen Latchana Kenney Pdf

Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt. Built in the Bronze Age, these immense stone structures were engineered with remarkable precision. How did the ancient Egyptians construct them without the use of modern tools? Why were they built? Throughout the centuries, historians and archaeologists have studied the pyramids and other Egyptian artifacts in search of possible answers to these questions. The pyramids are filled with mysterious doors and passageways—what other secrets and treasures might lie inside? Find out more about the myths, science, and technology surrounding the creation and exploration of the Egyptian pyramids.

Author : James P. Allen
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589836785

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The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts by James P. Allen Pdf

The Pyramid Texts are the oldest body of extant literature from ancient Egypt. First carved on the walls of the burial chambers in the pyramids of kings and queens of the Old Kingdom, they provide the earliest comprehensive view of the way in which the ancient Egyptians understood the structure of the universe, the role of the gods, and the fate of human beings after death. Their importance lies in their antiquity and in their endurance throughout the entire intellectual history of ancient Egypt. This volume contains the complete translation of the Pyramid Texts, including new texts recently discovered and published. It incorporates full restorations and readings indicated by post-Old Kingdom copies of the texts and is the first translation that presents the texts in the order in which they were meant to be read in each of the original sources.

Author : Martin Isler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0806133422

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Sticks, Stones, and Shadows by Martin Isler Pdf

What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical? Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, this book presents an original approach to the subject of pyramid building. It reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. It examines Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky. Here the author also asks and answers questions virtually ignored for the last century. He discloses, for example, the ancient use of shadows, now denigrated to the ornamental back-yard sundial, but once an important tool for telling the height of an object, geographical directions, the seasons of the year, and the time of day. He also reinterprets the ancient "stretching of the cord" ceremony, which once was thought to have only religious significance but here is shown as the means of establishing the sides of a pyramid.

Author : J.P. Lepre
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0786429550

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The Egyptian Pyramids by J.P. Lepre Pdf

This generously illustrated work is the most complete reference book ever published on these fascinating and compelling structures of the ancient world. Facts on each of the 42 pharaohs and the monuments they constructed (and commentary from the author who has extensively explored them) include all elements of each pyramid complex that have been discovered, and whether a sarcophagus and mummy have been located. Cross-sectional diagrams and floor plans are provided for all pyramids so far uncovered, as well as photographs where available. Longer essays discuss in painstaking detail the unusual features of such as the Bent Pyramid of Pharaoh Sneferu and the Great Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu. Eight appendices include a comparison of Egyptian to Aztec and Mayan pyramids; and notable pyramid authors and explorers. The resulting book offers solutions to many of the intriguing mysteries long associated with the pyramids in addition to tantalizing suggestions of discoveries yet to be made.

Author : Elizabeth Mann
Publisher : Mikaya Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 9780965049313

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The Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann Pdf

A history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it.

Author : Craig B. Smith
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588346223

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How the Great Pyramid Was Built by Craig B. Smith Pdf

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 : Gillian Clements
Publisher : Sea to Sea Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Great Pyramid (Egypt)
ISBN : 1597711438

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Egyptian Pyramid by Gillian Clements Pdf

Describes the process of building the largest pyramid in Egypt, built for Pharaoh Khufu, and describes the Egyptians' beliefs and customs of burial.

Author : Jacqueline Morley,David Salariya
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781906714598

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An Egyptian Pyramid by Jacqueline Morley,David Salariya Pdf

Take an incredible tour through an ancient Egyptian pyramid. Step inside an ancient Egyptian building site where one of mankind's most spectacular creations is slowly taking shape. Discover how the Egyptians constructed these vast buildings with such incredible precision, without using wheels, machines or iron tools. Their aim: to preserve their pharaoh not just from tomb robbers, but from death itself. Superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the book's educational value.

Author : James P. Allen
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628371161

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The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts by James P. Allen Pdf

Completely revised and updated James P. Allen provides a translation of the oldest corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the six royal pyramids of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (ca. 2350–2150 BCE). Allen’s revisions take into account recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar. Features: Sequential translations based on all available sources, including texts newly discovered in the last decade Texts numbered according to the most widely used numbering system with new numbers from the latest 2013 concordance Translations reflect the primarily atemporal verbal system of Old Egyptian, which conveys the timeless quality that the text’s authors understood the texts to have

Author : James P. Allen,Peter Der Manuelian
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589831827

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The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts by James P. Allen,Peter Der Manuelian Pdf

The Pyramid Texts are the oldest body of extant literature from ancient Egypt. First carved on the walls of the burial chambers in the pyramids of kings and queens of the Old Kingdom, they provide the earliest comprehensive view of the way in which the ancient Egyptians understood the structure of the universe, the role of the gods, and the fate of human beings after death. Their importance lies in their antiquity and in their endurance throughout the entire intellectual history of ancient Egypt. This volume contains the complete translation of the Pyramid Texts, including new texts recently discovered and published. It incorporates full restorations and readings indicated by post-Old Kingdom copies of the texts and is the first translation that presents the texts in the order in which they were meant to be read in each of the original sources.

Author : Roger Herz-Fischler
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554587032

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The Shape of the Great Pyramid by Roger Herz-Fischler Pdf

Who 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.

Author : Andrew Collins
Publisher : ARE Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780876045718

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Beneath the Pyramids by Andrew Collins Pdf

Exploring Egypt's lost underworld for the first time"--Cover

Author : Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Egypt
ISBN : OCLC:1087517325

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The Pyramids of Egypt by Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards Pdf

Author : Scott Creighton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591437901

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The Great Pyramid Hoax by Scott Creighton Pdf

Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid--the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837--was forged • Includes evidence from the time of the discovery of the marks: Vyse’s private field notes, surveys, facsimile drawings, and eye-witness testimony • Explains why Vyse was driven to perpetrate a fraud inside the Great Pyramid • Examines recent chemical analysis of the marks and high-definition photos to reveal errors and other anomalies within the forged Khufu cartouche Despite millennia of fame, the origins of the Great Pyramid of Giza are shrouded in mystery. Believed to be the tomb of an Egyptian king, even though no remains have ever been found, its construction date of roughly 2550 BCE is tied to only one piece of evidence: the crudely painted marks within the pyramid’s hidden chambers that refer to the 4th Dynasty king Khufu, discovered in 1837 by Colonel Howard Vyse and his team. Using evidence from the time of the discovery of these “quarry marks”--including surveys, facsimile drawings and Vyse’s private field notes--along with high definition photos of the actual marks, Scott Creighton reveals how and why the marks were faked. He investigates the anomalous and contradictory orthography of the quarry marks through more than 75 photos and illustrations, showing how they radically depart from the established canon of quarry marks from this period. He explains how the orientation of the Khufu cartouche contradicts ancient Egyptian writing convention and how one of the signs is from a later period. Analyzing Vyse’s private diary, he reveals Vyse’s forgery instructions to his two assistants, Raven and Hill, and what the anachronistic sign should have been. He examines recent chemical analysis of the marks along with the eye-witness testimony of Humphries Brewer, who worked with Vyse at Giza in 1837 and saw forgery take place. Exploring Vyse’s background, including his electoral fraud to become a member of the British Parliament, he explains why he was driven to perpetrate a fraud inside the Great Pyramid. Proving Zecharia Sitchin’s claim that the quarry marks are forgeries and removing the only physical evidence that dates the Great Pyramid’s construction to the reign of Khufu, Creighton’s study strikes down one of the most fundamental assertions of orthodox Egyptologists and reopens long-standing questions about the Great Pyramid’s true age, who really built it, and why.