Directory > Arts > Architecture > History > Building Types > Pyramids The Ziggurats Aerial views, reconstructions, ground plans, and information about the methods used to construct the ziggurats at Uruk, Ur and Babylon. http://lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/list_ziggurat.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids? Archaeologist Mark Lehner has discovered a city of pyramid workers. Illustrations include a conjectural drawing of the Giza plateau near the end of Khufu's reign. http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/070391.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Egyptian Centres of Cult Worship Photographs and sectional drawings of the Egyptian pyramids. http://great-pyramid.info/inhalt/html/me/mstarte.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramid of Man - The House of Going Forth by Day An illustrated discussion by Vincent Brown on the architecture of Old Kingdom pyramids, with bibliography. The focus is on the depiction of the figure of Osiris in the substructure of Khufu's pyramid. http://www.pyramidofman.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Door Shuts on Pyramid's Mysteries The BBC reports that the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2259838.stm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Blueprint of the Great Pyramid Stephen Brabin analyses the geometric structure of the pyramid. http://gpblueprint.users.btopenworld.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Pyramids Illustrated introduction to the Step Pyramid and the Great Pyramids by Victor Shammas. http://home.online.no/~shammas/pyramids.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Pyramids An illustrated description of the evolution of the Egyptian pyramids and discussion of how they were built from King Tut One.com. Includes a virtual model of the Great Pyramid. http://www.kingtutone.com/pyramids/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Architecture in Ancient Near East The University of Haifa Library presents a study of the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, in comparison with the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. Includes images, reconstructions and bibliography. http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/archimedia.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramid Precision Writing in the journal Nature, Kate Spence shows that the orientation errors of earlier and later pyramids faithfully track the slow drift of Kochab and Mizar. http://www.nature.com/nature/fow/001116.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Great Pyramid of Khufu - El Giza, Egypt - Great Buildings Online Great Pyramid of Khufu by unknown architect, at El Giza, Egypt, -2600 to -2480, in the Great Buildings Online. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Great_Pyramid.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramid Construction A study of the logistical aspects of Egyptian pyramid construction in the 25th century BC by civil engineer Peter Prevos. Includes bibliography and links to Herodotus's comments on pyramid-building. http://www.geocities.com/pprevos/pyramid/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Giza Plateau Mapping Project Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity. http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramids Without Wheels An illustrated article by inventor Allen Dittmer, with bibliography, from Inventors' Digest July/August 1999. He suggests that heavy blocks could have been moved with sledge and rollers. http://members.aol.com/aditt48670/pyramid.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Upuaut Project Computer-based study combined with robotic investigation of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Cheops by engineer Rudolf Gantenbrink. He argues that they were not air shafts. http://www.cheops.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Pyramids of Giza CultureFocus provides an illustrated introduction to the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt. http://www.culturefocus.com/egypt_pyramids.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Who Built The Great Pyramids An article by David Rohl, first published in the Express, on the evidence that we have for the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, including recent discoveries by Zahi Hawass. http://www.nunki.net/PerDud/TheWorks/Express/WhoBuiltPyrimads.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramids The British Museum provides a readable, illustrated introduction to the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Includes an interactive reconstruction of Khufu's pyramid complex. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids Richard Koslowa suggests that Egyptians could have lifted heavy stones to build the pyramids by the use of counter-weights. Illustrated with diagrams. http://www.egyptspyramids.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Pyramids: The Inside Story NOVA Online tours the Great Pyramid in QuickTime VR, explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. Also covers a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser Clickable plan and images, provided by the University of Pennsylvania. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Pyramid Builders Concise, illustrated information on the pyramids from archaeology student N. A. Fink. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7357/builders.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Construction of the Pyramids An illustrated guide to the construction, architecture and the evolution of the design of the pyramids from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. http://www.touregypt.net/construction/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
|