Saving the Pyramids (eBook)

Twenty First Century Engineering and Egypt’s Ancient Monuments

Peter James (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
176 Seiten
NBN International - University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-252-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides new and innovative theories into the construction of Egypt’s ancient pyramids and the restoration of some of Cairo’s most monumental structures from the brink of ruin. The decoding of their historic construction from a builder’s perspective is examined and explained, often contrary to many existing theories.

Autor

This book will be of interest to the general reader.

Inhalt

List of illustrations
Introduction: The Early Years
1 Tools of the Trade
2 Restoring Historic Cairo
3 Saving the Temple of Hibis
4 The Red Pyramid
5 How the Pyramids were Built, their Rise and Fall
6 The Step Pyramid
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.4.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Ancient • Century • egypt’s • Engineering • First • James • Monuments • Peter • pyramids • saving • Twenty
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-252-6 / 1786832526
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-252-8 / 9781786832528