Egypt; Old Kingdom; mathematics; physics; pyramids; ramps; construction; workforce; time Archaeological aspects of the various building methods are reviewed, paying special attention to the construction method described by Müller-Römer (2011) and the reason behind the stepped shape of Menkaure's pyramid. The main purpose is to present an alternative description of the building process according to this method, based on the physical principles of force and power. It is shown that this approach leads to results that are generally applicable and permits adjustment of the transportation capacity of the proposed system by adjusting the slope of the ramps.
...More
Book
Alejandro Ricart Cabús;
(2008)
Pirámides y obeliscos: transporte y construcción: una hipótesis
(/isis/citation/CBB466926593/)
Article
Demortier, Guy;
(2004)
La construction de la pyramide de Khéops
(/isis/citation/CBB000551121/)
Article
Ricart Cabús, Alejandro;
(2000)
La Pirámide de Quefrén
(/isis/citation/CBB000102280/)
Article
James Frederick Edwards;
(October 2016)
The Concave Faces of the Great Pyramid: An Explanation
(/isis/citation/CBB208089274/)
Book
Herz-Fischler, Roger;
(2000)
The Shape of the Great Pyramid
(/isis/citation/CBB000111266/)
Article
Belmonte, Juan Antonio;
(2001)
On the Orientation of Old Kingdom Egyptian Pyramids
(/isis/citation/CBB000102587/)
Article
Colia, Elliot;
(2004)
The Measure of Egypt
(/isis/citation/CBB001030075/)
Article
Belmonte, Juan Antonio;
Shaltout, Mosalam;
(2005)
On the Orientation of Ancient Egyptian Temples: (1) Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia
(/isis/citation/CBB000773467/)
Article
Wall, John J.;
(2007)
The Star Alignment Hypothesis for the Great Pyramid Shafts
(/isis/citation/CBB000771292/)
Book
Belmonte Avilés, Juan Antonio;
(2012)
Pirámides, templos y estrellas: astronomía y cultura en el Egipto antiguo
(/isis/citation/CBB001251260/)
Book
Susan Brind Morrow;
(2017)
The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts
(/isis/citation/CBB003675154/)
Article
Belmonte, Juan Antonio;
Magl, Giulio;
(2015)
Astronomy, Architecture, and Symbolism: The Global Project of Sneferu at Dahshur
(/isis/citation/CBB001551767/)
Book
Luis Arturo Guichard;
García Alonso, Juan Luis;
María Paz Hoz (de);
(2014)
The Alexandrian Tradition: Interactions between Science, Religion, and Literature
(/isis/citation/CBB875455759/)
Article
Belmonte, Juan Antonio;
Shaltout, Mosalam;
(2006)
On the Orientation of Ancient Egyptian Temples: (2) New Experiments at the Oases of the Western Desert
(/isis/citation/CBB000670081/)
Article
Zhao, Jiwei;
Wang, Pengyun;
(2009)
Reconstructing the Proof of the Babylonian Volume Formula for the Frustum of a Square Pyramid
(/isis/citation/CBB000933757/)
Article
Anne Teather;
Andrew Chamberlain;
Mike Parker Pearson;
(2019)
The Chalk Drums from Folkton and Lavant: Measuring Devices from the Time of Stonehenge
(/isis/citation/CBB041422172/)
Book
Gene Kritsky;
(2015)
The Tears of RE: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt
(/isis/citation/CBB735293405/)
Book
Broodbank, Cyprian;
(2013)
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
(/isis/citation/CBB001422532/)
Article
Capecchi, Danilo;
(2004)
Leibniz e la resistenza delle travi
(/isis/citation/CBB000770303/)
Article
Miatello, Luca;
(2011)
Transformations of Geometrical Objects in Middle Egyptian Mathematical Texts
(/isis/citation/CBB276663683/)
Be the first to comment!