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Author Herz-Fischler, Roger, 1940-

Title The Shape of the Great Pyramid
Published Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages)
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I. THE CONTEXT; PART II. ONE PYRAMID, MANY THEORIES; PART III. CONCLUSIONS; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY/INDEX
Summary Who has not seen a picture of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, massive in size but deceptively simple in shape, and not wondered how that shape was determined? Starting in the late eighteenth century, eleven main theories were proposed to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Even though some of these theories are well known, there has never been a detailed examination of their origins and dissemination. Twenty years of research using original and difficult-to-obtain source material has allowed Roger Herz-Fischler to piece together the intriguing story of these theories. Archaeological evide
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Subject Great Pyramid (Egypt) -- Miscellanea
Weights and measures -- Egypt -- Miscellanea
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt.
Great Pyramid (Egypt)
Weights and measures
Egypt
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780889207769
0889207763