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Pyramids
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- Aimaz.net: Giza Project - - An attempt to understand the compositional principles of the Giza complex, which supports the conclusions of John Legon.
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- Architecture in Ancient Near East - - The University of Haifa Library presents a study of the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, in comparison with the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. Includes images, reconstructions and bibliography.
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- The Construction of the Pyramids - - An illustrated guide to the construction, architecture and the evolution of the design of the pyramids from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
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- Engineering the Pyramids - - Professor Michel Barsoum describes evidence that parts of the Great Pyramids of Giza were built using an early form of concrete.
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- The Giza Plateau Mapping Project - - Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity.
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- The Pyramid Builders - - Concise, illustrated information on the pyramids from archaeology student N. A. Fink.
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- Pyramid Construction - - A study of the logistical aspects of Egyptian pyramid construction in the 25th century BC by civil engineer Peter Prevos. Includes bibliography and links to Herodotus's comments on pyramid-building.
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- Pyramid of Man - The House of Going Forth by Day - - An illustrated discussion by Vincent Brown on the architecture of Old Kingdom pyramids, with bibliography. The focus is on the depiction of the figure of Osiris in the substructure of Khufu's pyramid.
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- Pyramids - - The British Museum provides a readable, illustrated introduction to the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Includes an interactive reconstruction of Khufu's pyramid complex.
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- The Pyramids - - An illustrated description of the evolution of the Egyptian pyramids and discussion of how they were built from King Tut One.com. Includes a virtual model of the Great Pyramid.
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- Pyramids: The Inside Story - - NOVA Online tours the Great Pyramid in QuickTime VR, explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. Also covers a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders.
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- The Pyramids of Egypt - - Photographs by Frank P. Roy together with brief information, and site plans of pyramid complexes. Also a timeline and pyramid statistics, with sources, a map of Egypt and uncritical discussion of the Orion theory.
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- The Pyramids of Giza - - CultureFocus provides an illustrated introduction to the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.
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- The Upuaut Project - - Computer-based study combined with robotic investigation of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Cheops by engineer Rudolf Gantenbrink. He argues that they were not air shafts.
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- The Ziggurats - - Aerial views, reconstructions, ground plans, and information about the methods used to construct the ziggurats at Uruk, Ur and Babylon.
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- Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids? - - Archaeologist Mark Lehner has discovered a city of pyramid workers. Illustrations include a conjectural drawing of the Giza plateau near the end of Khufu's reign. (July, 2003)
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- Door Shuts on Pyramid's Mysteries - - The BBC reports that the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer. (September 17, 2002)
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