The secret of the great pyramid : how one man's obsession led to the solution of ancient Egypt's greatest mystery /
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Language: English
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New York :
HarperCollins Publishers,
c2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Call Number: DT63 .B654 2008
Table of Contents:
- •Acknowledgments •The Man in Black •Birth of the Pyramid •Meeting with the Master •Imhotep Builds the Step Pyramid •Sneferu: King of the Pyramids •An Architect Is Born •Architect Adrift •A Troubled Bridge? •Hemienu Plans the Great Pyramid •The Underground Burial Chamber •Modern Tomb Raiders: The Search for Hidden Chambers •The Grand Gallery •The Burial Chamber •Hemienu's Solution •First Plans •Anomaly Rising •The Notch •The Internal Ramp •The Capstone •The Difficult Years •The Internal Ramp Goes Public •The Time Machine to Hemienu •The Search for the Internal Ramp •What's Next? •Appendices •Appendix I. The Search for Imhotep •Appendix II. The Lost Pyramid •Appendix III. The Case of the Missing Queen •Appendix IV. Making Khufu's Sarcophagus •Appendix V. The Pyramid's Angle •Endnotes •Bibliography •Photography Credits •Index