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Peter James
Saving the Pyramids
Twenty First Century Engineering and Egypt’s Ancient Monuments

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Hoes van Peter James: Saving the Pyramids (ePUB)

Having worked on projects around the world, strengthening and restoring historically significant structures from Windsor Castle to the parliament buildings 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 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 modern theories in a bid to preserve the past.

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List of illustrations
Introduction: The Early Years
1 Tools of the Trade
2 Restoring Historic Cairo
3 Saving the Temple of Hibis
4 The Red Pyramid
5 How the Pyramids were Built, their Rise and Fall
6 The Step Pyramid
Index

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Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 176 ● ISBN 9781786832528 ● Bestandsgrootte 40.0 MB ● Uitgeverij NBN International – University of Wales Press ● Gepubliceerd 2018 ● Editie 1 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 6405245 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM

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