Sticks, stones, and shadows : building the Egyptian pyramids / by Martin Isler ; foreword by Dieter Arnold.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.Description: xiv, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0806133422 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT 63 .I85 2001
Contents:
1. Mountains of the sun -- 2. Egypt -- 3. Early monuments -- 4. Step pyramids -- 5. The true pyramid -- 6. The gnomon -- 7. Orientation -- 8. Preparing the site -- 9. The nucleus -- 10. Gathering material -- 11. Building the nucleus -- 12. The second stage -- 13. The final building stage.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-336) and index.

1. Mountains of the sun -- 2. Egypt -- 3. Early monuments -- 4. Step pyramids -- 5. The true pyramid -- 6. The gnomon -- 7. Orientation -- 8. Preparing the site -- 9. The nucleus -- 10. Gathering material -- 11. Building the nucleus -- 12. The second stage -- 13. The final building stage.

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