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Sticks, Stones, and Shadows: Building the Egyptian Pyramids

Sticks, Stones, and Shadows: Building the Egyptian Pyramids

Isler, Martin

Hardcover

Ancient Egypt

ISBN10: 0806133422
ISBN13: 9780806133423
Publisher: Univ Of Oklahoma Pr
Published: Nov 15 2001
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.81
Height: 1.03 Width: 7.36 Depth: 10.28
Language: English
Awards: Connecticut Book Awards

What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical?

Richly illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, Sticks, Stones, and Shadows presents an entirely original approach to the subject of pyramid building. Unlike other books discussing these majestic structures, this book reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. Few have closely examined Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky.

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