Pyramid"David Macaulay's brilliant Pyramid shows, detail by detail, how the great pharaohs' burial places were conceived and constructed . . . His draftsmanship is unexcelled, and his book is pharaonic in opulence and design." -- Time |
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alabaster ancient Egypt Aswan blocks of stone boat BONING RODS building built burial chamber CANOPIC JAR capstone ceremonies chiseled columns complete corpse courtyard DAVID MACAULAY dolerite dragged Earlier pharaohs Egypt Egyptians embalmed enclosed eternal false door farmland feet fill was removed Following more prayers FUNERARY COMPLEX gangs Giza granite slabs hauling the block instructed Mahnud Hotep July and November laid layer levers located manmade mountain mastabas Mortar Maker mortuary temple mummified mummy was placed Nile oblong pits packing blocks PLUMBLINE portcullises position was marked priests pushed into place pyramid grew pyramid was finished quarries ramps repeated to construct RESIN rest rock ROCKER rubble and mud sarcophagus second course sides sled spiritual duplicate stonecutters storage rooms structure with sloping surrounding temples surveyors temenos wall temples and causeway trenches tunnel valley temple west bank workmen いい