Building the Pyramids: How Did They Do It?

Building the Pyramids: How Did They Do It?

by Bob Moores
Building the Pyramids: How Did They Do It?

Building the Pyramids: How Did They Do It?

by Bob Moores

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781532077043
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 06/20/2019
Pages: 326
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

BOB MOORES has a mechanical engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University. He worked in product development as a designer and manager for Black & Decker/DeWalt for 36 years. He was granted 38 U.S. patents. For the past 46 years his hobby has been studying construction of the Egyptian pyramids. In 1987 he was a member of the National Geographic team that revealed the second of Pharaoh Khufu's two solar boats entombed in a rock-cut pit on the south side of the Great Pyramid. Bob lives with his wife Marlene in Chestertown, Maryland.
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