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Engineering the Pyramids
Author(s): Dick Parry (Author)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: 19 April 2001
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 075093414X
- ISBN-13: 9780750934145
Book Description
Using archaeological records and the basic principles of engineering, Dick Parry provides an account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organization needed and insights into why the pyramids were designed as they were.
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About the Author
Dr R.H.G. Parry is an emeritus fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was involved in research and teaching in civil engineering. He was General Secretary of the International Society for soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering from 1891 to 1999 and has a special interest in the history of civil engineering, on which he lectures worldwide.
