Building the Great Pyramid in a year
Subtitle: an engineer's report
By: Gerard C. A. Fonte.
Publisher: Algora Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875865218; 9780875865225; 9780875865232
Subjects: Pyramids -- Egypt -- Design and construction; Great Pyramid (Egypt)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Egyptian pyramids; title: Pyramid fallacies; title: Scale factors in construction and engineering; title: Moving blocks; title: Rolling block experiment; title: Lifting blocks; title: Quarrying blocks; title: Additional construction details; title: Social considerations; title: Other approaches.