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. |
Great Pyramid of Khufu - El Giza, Egypt - Great Buildings Online
Great Pyramid of Khufu by unknown architect, at El Giza, Egypt, -2600 to -2480, in the Great Buildings Online. |
How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids
Richard Koslowa suggests that Egyptians could have lifted heavy stones to build the pyramids by the use of counter-weights. Illustrated with diagrams. |
Pyramid Precision
Writing in the journal Nature, Kate Spence shows that the orientation errors of earlier and later pyramids faithfully track the slow drift of Kochab and Mizar. |
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. |
The Blueprint of the Great Pyramid
Stephen Brabin analyses the geometric structure of the pyramid. |
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. |
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. |
The Great Pyramid is a Water Pump
Description of how the Great Pyramid was constructed and how the stones were set in place using water. |
The Pyramid Builders
Concise, illustrated information on the pyramids from archaeology student N. A. Fink. |
The Pyramids
Illustrated introduction to the Step Pyramid and the Great Pyramids by Victor Shammas. |
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. |
The Pyramids of Giza
CultureFocus provides an illustrated introduction to the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt. |
The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
Clickable plan and images, provided by the University of Pennsylvania. |
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. |
Who Built The Great Pyramids
An article by David Rohl, first published in the Express, on the evidence that we have for the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, including recent discoveries by Zahi Hawass. |
