| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 224 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Smithsonian Books." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Great Pyramid (Egypt)
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Pyramids -- Egypt -- Design and construction.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Houdin, Jean-Pierre.
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| ISBN |
9780061655524 |
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006165552X |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000043619276 |
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NZ1 12827743 |
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UNITY 118821784 |
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LONBM 006165552X |
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UKSUS 006165552X |
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COVCL 006165552x |
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