| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The Egyptian pyramids -- Pyramid fallacies -- Scale factors in construction and engineering -- Moving blocks -- Rolling block experiment -- Lifting blocks -- Quarrying blocks -- Additional construction details -- Social considerations -- Other approaches |
| Summary |
Work smarter, not harder? Most archaeologists feel that 25,000 workers spent 20 years building the Great Pyramid in Egypt over 4000 years ago. However, by closely examining the clues and artifacts left behind, and by assuming that the Egyptians were clever and intelligent, it is found that 10,000 workers could have built the Great Pyramid in about 385 days. This book, for high school readers and up, shows how, even at a more realistic, relaxed building schedule, the project could have been completed easily within four to six years by just 4000 workers. Gerard Fonte presents the construct |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pyramids -- Egypt -- Design and construction
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Great Pyramid (Egypt)
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Great Pyramid (Egypt)
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Pyramids -- Design and construction
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Egypt
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780875865232 |
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0875865232 |
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0875865216 |
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9780875865218 |
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0875865224 |
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9780875865225 |
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1281398314 |
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9781281398314 |
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