The Great Pyramid''s eerily precise architecture has for
centuries both astounded and puzzled archaeologists and has given
rise to numerous modern fantasies concerning the so-called ''Mystery
of the Pyramids''. Sweeping away centuries of myth and confusion,
John Romer describes for the first time exactly how the Great
Pyramid was designed and built. He argues that the pyramid makers
worked from a single plan whose existence has long been doubted and
even denied by scholars. Moreover, the Great Pyramid''s unique
architecture is integral to the way it was built, and for its
builders the tasks of construction and design were not separate as
they are now. By placing this awesome monument in its genuine
contemporary context, this book underlines the extraordinary
talents and the originality of the ancient Egyptians at the time of
King Khufu.
Describes for the first time exactly how the Great Pyramid was
designed and built ? A product of the most recent research and
decades of personal study by an author who is very well known in
media and Egypt circles ? Illustrated throughout with unusual
images of the Great Pyramid and its interior, in many cases taken
from old photographs
目錄：
Part I. Visions of the Pyramid:
1. Introduction
2. Making the mystery
3. Surveying Giza
4. Excavating Giza
5. The pyramid''s plan
6. The pyramid''s timetable
Part II. The Pyramid-Makers: The Ghosts in the Cemetery: 7. At the
court of the King
8. The adventures of the Vizier
9. The new Egyptians
10. The social contract
Part III. The People on the Plateau: 11. Working the stone
12. The Giza quarry
13. Fire and the pyramid
14. Entrep?t and accommodation
15. The living city
16. Coda: thinking with stone
Part IV. The Land and the Pyramid: 17. Prospecting Egypt
18. Desert copper
19. Aswan granite
20. Tura limestone
21. The river
22. The Giza ramps
23. Coda: the commanding landscape
Part V. The Great Inheritance: The First Pyramid: 24. The spirit
and the tomb
25. Mud to stone
26. To make a pyramid
27. Accommodating Djoser
Part VI. The Pyramids of Sneferu: 28. The Meidum pyramid
29. The failed pyramid
30. The jubilee pyramid
31. The long journey of the spirit
32. The dark interior
33. Two last works
34. Coda: the legacy
Part VII. Planning the Pyramid: 35. Choosing Giza
36. Levelling the site
37. The plan inside the pyramid
38. The plan beside the pyramid
39. Numbers
40. Stars
41. Coda: considering the architecture
Part VIII. Building the Pyramid: 42. In the beginning
43. Setting the lines
44. The miniature shafts
45. The grand gallery
46. The burial chamber
47. To the top
48. After the pyramid
49. The rites of death
50. Coda: after Khufu
51. Stone
52. Spirit.
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