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The Secret of the Great Pyramid Paperback - 2009
by Bob Brier
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.
From the rear cover
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.
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- Title The Secret of the Great Pyramid
- Author Bob Brier
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2009-10-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061655531 / 0061655538
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 6.04 x 0.61 in (20.37 x 15.34 x 1.55 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: African
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Library of Congress subjects Egypt - Civilization - To 332 B.C, Pyramids - Egypt - Design and construction
- Dewey Decimal Code 722.2
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