The Pyramid Builder

Author : Christine El Mahdy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Great Pyramid (Egypt)
ISBN : 0755310098

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The Pyramid Builder by Christine El Mahdy Pdf

Four and a half thousand years ago, the largest of the wonders of the ancient world was built. The Great Pyramid at Giza has fascinated and intrigued scholars ever since and it the only one of the wonders listed by the Greeks to have survived intact to this day. By the time Tutenkhamen ruled Egypt it was already 1500 years old; to Cleopatra it was an antiquity. But how was it built? Why and by whom? despotic scale, has fascinated travellers and archaeologists since the 19th-century revival of interest in antiquities. And with it a fascination with the pharaoh who built it: Cheops. look at the man behind the monument - the life and times of Cheops, the greatest pyramid builder of them all.

Author : Dr A Rosalie David,Rosalie David
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134743223

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The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt by Dr A Rosalie David,Rosalie David Pdf

In Rosalie David's hands, the Egyptian builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people, leading ordinary lives while they are engaged on building the great tomb for a Pharoah. This is an engrossing detective story, bringing to the general reader a fascinating picture of a special community that lived in Egypt and built one of the pyramids, some four thousand years ago.

Author : Susanna Thomas
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823935981

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Snefru by Susanna Thomas Pdf

A biography of the pharaoh Snefru, first pharaoh of Egypt's fourth dynasty and builder of some of its greatest pyramids.

Author : Robert M. Schoch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440651090

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Voyages of the Pyramid Builders by Robert M. Schoch Pdf

Is it a mere coincidence that pyramids are found throughout our globe? Did cultures ranging across vast spaces in geography and time, such as the ancient Egyptians; early Bud-dhists; the Maya, Inca, Toltec, and Aztec civilizations of the Americas; the Celts of the British Isles; and even the Mississippi Indians of pre-Columbus Illinois, simply dream the same dreams and envision the same structures? Robert M. Schoch-one of the world's preeminent geologists in recasting the date of the building of the Great Sphinx-believes otherwise. In this dramatic and meticulously reasoned book, Schoch, like anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl in his classic Kon-Tiki, argues that ancient cultures traveled great distances by sea. Indeed, he believes that primeval sailors traveled from the Eastern continent, primarily Southeast Asia, and spread the idea of pyramids across the globe, particularly to the New World of the Americas where they abounded until the days of the Conquistadors.

Author : Bob Moores
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781532077050

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Building the Pyramids by Bob Moores Pdf

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 : Jacqueline Morley
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 0531238520

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You Wouldn't Want to be a Pyramid Builder! by Jacqueline Morley Pdf

Describes the construction of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, the life and various jobs of the workers, and the burial of the pharaoh.

Author : Derek Hitchins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445751658

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The Pyramid Builder's Handbook by Derek Hitchins Pdf

The designs of the pyramids of ancient Egypt evolved over time; they had connections with the ancient myths, legends, and with the stars as they were in ancient times. When pyramid dimensions are converted to 'cubits' and 'seked,' revealing relationships emerge that were obscured by using using modern units. All of the energy of building came from manpower, courtesy of the energy consumed in the workers' food and drink. The mathematics of ramp construction, and of the use of ramps to convey stones at the phenomenal rates apparently achieved, challenge pet theories of construction. Most captivating is a study of the culture of the builders, evidenced in models of villages and farms, scenes of food preparation, toys, statues, magic, and tomb art.

Author : Craig B. Smith
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Zahi A. Hawass
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015064873162

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Mountains of the Pharaohs by Zahi A. Hawass Pdf

A world-renowned archaeologist and the official guardian of Egypt's timeless treasures weaves the latest archaeological data and an enthralling family history into spellbinding narrative.

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

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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 : Rosalie David
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134743230

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The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David Pdf

In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them.

Author : Martin Isler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Thomas John Meurig,Zhong Dongping,Chergui Majed
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786344373

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Personal And Scientific Reminiscences: Tributes To Ahmed Zewail by Thomas John Meurig,Zhong Dongping,Chergui Majed Pdf

Author : Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Egyptian language
ISBN : 9781613101919

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The Pyramid Texts by Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer Pdf

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 : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1982-04-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547348391

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Pyramid by David Macaulay Pdf

“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