Includes bibliographical references (p. [203] -214) and index.
Contents:
The man in black -- Birth of the pyramid -- Meeting the master -- Imhotep builds the step pyramid -- Sneferu: king of the pyramids -- An architect is born -- Architect adrift -- A troubled bridge? -- Hemienu plans the Great Pyramid -- The underground burial chamber -- Modern tomb raiders: the search for hidden chambers -- The grand gallery -- The burial chamber -- Hemienu's solution -- First plans -- Anomaly rising -- The notch -- The internal ramp -- The capstone -- The difficult years -- The internal ramp goes public -- The time machine to Hemienu -- The search for the internal ramp -- What's next -- Appendix I: The search for Imhotep -- Appendix II: The lost pyramid -- Appendix III: The case of the missing queen -- Appendix IV: Making Khufu's sarcophagus -- Appendix V: The pyramid's angle.
Summary:
"A decade ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old question: How was the Great Pyramid built? How, in a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age, could such a massive, complex, and enduring structure have been envisioned and constructed? Laboring at his computer ten hours a day for five years--creating exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the pyramid's interior--Houdin finally had his answer. It was a startling revelation that cast a fresh light on the minds that conceived one of the wonders of the ancient world." -- cover.
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