Bibliograph

The secret of the great pyramid, how one man's obsession led to the solution of ancient Egypt's greatest mystery, Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin

Type

Label

The secret of the great pyramid, how one man's obsession led to the solution of ancient Egypt's greatest mystery, Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-214) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The secret of the great pyramid

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191932088

Responsibility statement

Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin

Sub title

how one man's obsession led to the solution of ancient Egypt's greatest mystery

Summary

The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves between the ancient and the modern. The ancient story chronicles, step-by-step, how a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. To execute something as complex and massive as the Great Pyramid, Egypt needed architects, mathematicians, boat builders, stone masons, and metallurgists. It took twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. By the time its capstone was laid in 2560 B.C., the innovations born of the building quest had transformed agrarian Egypt into the world's most modern, most powerful nation

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor