Engineering the Pyramids

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In Engineering the Pyramids, creator Dick Parry – a civil engineer – assesses the design of the pyramids and the likely methods of quarrying, transporting and raising the stones. Basing his ideas on both the archaeological record and the fundamental principles of engineering – in addition to the results from a series of model and full-scale tests – Dr. Parry provides a challenging answer to this mystery of the pyramids. He suggests that ramps were used and the large stones were transported and raised by rolling them, moderately than the use of highly inefficient sledges beloved of Egyptologists.

Engineering the Pyramids provides a wealthy and accessible account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organisation had to bring about these heroic feats of effort and engineering and fascinating insights into the explanations at the back of the pyramid design.

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