Saving the pyramids : twenty-first century engineering and Egypt's ancient monuments /
This book provides new and innovative theories into the construction of Egypt's ancient pyramids and the restoration of some of Cairo's most monumental structures from the brink of ruin. The decoding of their historic construction from a builder's perspective is examined and explained...
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University of Wales Press,
2018.
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