About this title: Eight years ago, Jean-Pierre Houdin, a successful French architect, became obsessed by the age-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. He renounced his architectural practice, sold his Paris apartment, and for ten hours a day labored at his computer to create exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the interior of the Great Pyramid. After five ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian
Date Published: 10/14/2008
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
Description: New. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. This is a paperback with same cover and publisher stickers. This book is the same isbn, but is a paperback. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a tight, bright, unmarked volume. Index. xiii, 224 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061655524ISBN:006165552X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 304 pages. Explains how a nation of farmers-egypt-that had only recently emerged from the stone age could construct one of the seven wonders of the ancient world-great pyramid. this book helps you follow the progress of hemienu, the innovative architect who planned, organized and oversaw construction of the great pyramid. black and white illustrations (Hardback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: COLLINS
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061655531ISBN:0061655538
Description: New. Brier and Houdin offer an intellectual adventure story detailing the most exciting discovery in Egyptology in decades--the astonishing finding that the Great Pyramid was built from the inside out. 8-page b&w photo insert. read more
"I found this book to be really intersting, and generally easy to understand. The book describes a system of stone building where an internal ramp is built along with the pyramid and a counter weight system is used so that very heavy stone blocks can be moved with few individuals pulling the weight. There are several pictures and diagrams that help somewhat in understanding the engineering descriptions of how this was done. Still not definative evidence has been found to prove that an internal ramp was used but a large amount of support for the theory is presented."
"If you are "into" the pyramids in Egypt and you have wondered how they were built, this book provides some good theories on how the pyramids were constructed."
"This is a fascinating book that proves that just because the pyramids are thousands of years old, there's very little we really know about them, which is probably why they still fascinate us. This book, written by the ever-entertaining Bob Brier, mixes the history of the pyramids and their evolution from early versions to the 'classic' pyramid, mixed with the story of the man who came up with a new theory of how they were built. They haven't been able to do the tests that would definitively confirm the theory, but known facts do support it."
"Bob Brier writes a very accessible book about the mystery surrounding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. An external ramp was used up until about 125 feet in the pyramid's construction and then Houdin's idea was that an internal ramp for moving stone blocks would come into play. (The internal ramp had been a part of the original construction plans and was built along with the rest of the structure). The external ramp would then be taken apart and its blocks would be used to finish off the pyramid. Very interesting concept overall.
Unfortunately, as of publication, no firm evidence of the internal ramp has been found at the main site. However, another ruin that dates about 100 years after the Great Pyramid was finished, has remains of an internal ramp and gives some credence to the theory presented."
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