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Saving the pyramids : twenty first century engineering and Egypt's ancient monuments
- Title
- Saving the pyramids : twenty first century engineering and Egypt's ancient monuments / Peter James.
- Author
- James, Peter (Peter J.)
- Publication
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- xi, 144 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- Having worked on projects around the world, strengthening and restoring historically significant structures from Windsor Castle to the parliament building in Canada, Peter James brings insight to the structural engineering of ancient Egypt. After fourteen years working on the historic buildings and temples of Egypt, and most recently on the world's oldest pyramid, he now presents some of the more common theories surrounding the 'collapsing' pyramid -- along with new and innovative projections on the construction of the pyramids and the restoration of some of Cairo's most monumental structures from the brink of ruin. The decoding of historic construction from a builder's perspective is examined and explained -- at times against many existing theories -- and the book provides a new outlook on long-held assumptions, to embrace theories in a bid to preserve the past. -- Back cover.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.
- ISBN
- 178683250X
- 9781786832504
- 9781786832528 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781786832511 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781786832535 (Mobipocket ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- on1014458241
- 1014458241
- SCSB-9264051
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries