Great Pyramid
Description: The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most famous monuments of the ancient world. Besides being the symbol of the most outstanding culture, it demonstrates the top engineering concepts as well. It is the largest stone structure and the last of the ancient “Seven Wonders of the World” that remains almost intact. For thousands of years the Great Pyramid has been attractive in its mystery not only to the historians, but also to the researchers from very different fields of study. How was it built? And who it was built by? In 2017 the researchers discovered the previously unknown cavities inside the Great Pyramid. And, this fact proves that the monument still keeps its unrevealed secrets hidden from us. There are a thousand and one publications out there, and the researchers from various areas of knowledge try to solve the old riddle, but more and more questions are raised about this mysterious structure.Alternative names: Pyramid of Khufu,Pyramid of Cheops
Lepsius No: 4
Type: True Pyramid
Location: Giza Plateau
Country: Egypt
Books
- Ain Shams University, Stanford Research Institute. Electromagnetic Sounder Experiments at the Pyramids of Giza. 1974.
- Arnold, Dieter. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2003.
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- Belzoni, Giovanni Battista. Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice, and of another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon. John Murray, London,1820.
- Bonani, Georges, and Herbert Haas, Zahi Hawass, Mark Lehner, Shawki Nakhla, John Nolan, Robert Wenke, Willy Wölfli. Radiocarbon Dates of Old and Middle Kingdom Monuments in Egypt. Near East Chronology: Archaeology and Environment. RADIOCARBON, Vol 43, Nr 3, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, 2001, pp. 1297-1320.
- Brier, Bob and Jean-Pierre Houdin. The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery. Harper Collins, New York, 2008.
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- Dash, Glen. "Occam’s Egyptian Razor: The Equinox and the Alignment of the Pyramids". The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Vol II. 2017, pp. 1-8.
- Dormion, Gilles. La chambre de Chéops. Analyse architecturale. Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 2004.
- Edgar, Morton. The Great Pyramid - It's Scientific Features (1914 A.D. and the Great Pyramid - Part I). Glasgow: Maclure, Macdonald & Co, 1924.
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- Edgar, Morton. The Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers. Volume I. Glasgow: Bone & Hulley, 1910.
- Edgar, Morton. The Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers. Volume II. Glasgow: Bone & Hulley, 1913.
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- El-Naggar, Salah. "Les couvrements de granit dans les pyramides de Giza". In Peter Jánosi, ed. Structure and Significance: Thoughts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 2005, pp. 429-438.
- Fakhry, Ahmed. The Pyramids. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1961.
- Greaves, John. Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Vol. I-II. Published by Dr Thomas Birch. J. Hughes for J. Brindley and C. Corbett, London, 1737.
- Gundacker, Roman. "Zur Struktur der Pyramidennamen der 4.Dynastie." Sokar No. 18 (1/2009), pp. 26-30.
- Hamilton, Keith. The Minor Pyramids of Giza. Part 1. GII-a, GI-d. A Layman's Guide. Internet Resource, 2021.
- Hamilton, Keith. The Minor Pyramids of Giza. Part 2. GI-a, GI-b, GI-c. A Layman's Guide. Internet Resource, 2021.
- Hawass, Zahi. "The Discovery of the Pyramidion of the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu [GID], with an Appendix by Josef Dorner" In Charles C. Van Siclen III, ed. Iubilate Conlegae. Studies in Memory of Abdel Aziz Sadek, Part 1. Varia Aegyptiaca 10, Nos. 2-3 (August-December 1995). San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, pp. 105-124.
- Hawass, Zahi. "The Discovery of the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu (GI-d)." In Peter Der Manuelian, ed. Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson 1. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 379-398.
- Herodotus. The History of Herodotus. Books I-IV. Volume 1. Translated Into English by G. C. Macaulay. Macmillan & Co., London, 1890.
- Houdin, Jean-Pierre. Khufu's Pyramid Revealed. Compact Edition. Farid Atiya Press, Giza, 2010.
- Klemm, Dietrich, and Rosemarie Klemm. The Stones of the Pyramids: Provenance of the Building Stones of the Old Kingdom Pyramids of Egypt. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010.
- Laboy, Samuel. A Civil Engineer looks at the Great Pyramid. Alejo Ediciones, Lima, 2008.
- Laboy, Samuel. A Civil Engineer looks at the Great Pyramid. Supplement. Alejo Ediciones, Lima, 2010.
- Lehner, Mark and Zahi Hawass. Giza and the Pyramids. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2017.
- Lehner, Mark. "Giza. A Contextual Approach to the Pyramids." Archiv für Orientforschung 32 (1985), pp. 136-158.
- Lehner, Mark. "Some Observations on the Layout of the Khufu and Khafre Pyramids". JARCE Vol XX. 1983, pp. 7-25.
- Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids. Solving the Ancient Mysteries. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1997. Reprinted 2001.
- Lehner, Mark. "The Development of the Giza Necropolis. The Khufu Project." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 41 (1985), pp. 109-143.
- Lehner, Mark. The Pyramid Tomb of Hetep-heres and the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abt. Kairo, Sonderschrift 19. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1985.
- Maragioglio, Vito and Celeste Ambrogio Rinaldi. L'Architettura delle Piramidi Menfite. Parte IV. Le Grande Piramide di Cheope. Tavole. Tipografia Canessa: Rapallo, 1965.
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- Mendelssohn, Kurt. The Riddle of the Pyramids. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1974.
- Monnier, Franck and David Lightbody. The Great Pyramid: 2590 BC onwards - An insight into the construction, meaning and exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Operations Manual). Haynes Publishing, Yeovil, 2019.
- Perring, John Shae. The Pyramids of Gizeh, from actual survey and admeasurement, by J. S. Perring. Part II. The Second and Third Pyramids, the Three Smaller to the Southward of the Third, and the Three to the Eastward of the Great Pyramid. James Frazer, London, 1840.
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- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh. London: Field & Tuer "The Leadenhall Press", 1883.
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- Raynaud S., Boisse H., Makroum F.M., Bertho J. Geological and Geomorphological study of the original hill at the base of Fourth Dynasty Egyptian monuments. HAL, 2008.
- Smyth, C. Piazzi. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865; With a Discussion of the Facts Ascertained. Volume I. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1867.
- Smyth, C. Piazzi. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865; With a Discussion of the Facts Ascertained. Volume II. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1867.
- Smyth, C. Piazzi. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid During the Months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865; With a Discussion of the Facts Ascertained. Volume III. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1867.
- Smyth, C. Piazzi. New Measures of the Great Pyramid. London: Robert Banks, 1884.
- Smyth, C. Piazzi. Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid. London: Alexander Strahan and Co, 1864.
- Swelim, Nabil. "G I-a, -b, -c and -d Ashlars." In Jánosi, Peter, ed. Structure and Significance: Thoughts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2005, pp. 493-503.
- Szabó, Andrián. Architectural Visualization of the Great Pyramid of Khufu and Its Complex. Internet Resource, 2023.
- Szabó, Andrián. Origin of the saw marks on the Great Pyramid's basalt pavement. Internet Resource, 2022.
- Szabó, Andrián. The Great Pyramid of Khufu. Timeline of Archeological Exploration. Internet Resource, 2023.
- Tompkins, Peter. Secrets of the Great Pyramid. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., New York, 1971.
- Vercoutter, Jean. L'Égypte et la vallée du Nil, des origines à la fin de l'ancien empire 12000-2000 Av. J.-C. Nouvelle Clio, PUF, Paris, 1992.
- Verner, Miroslav. The Pyramids: The Archeology and History of Egypt's Iconic Monuments. New and Updated Edition. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2020.
- Verner, Miroslav. The Pyramids. The Mystery, Culture and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. London: Atlantic Books, 2001.
- Vyse, Colonel Howard. Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837. Vol II, Moyes and Barclay, London, 1840.
- Vyse, Colonel Howard. Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837. Vol I, Moyes and Barclay, London, 1840.
- Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2000.
Articles
Videos
- Pyramides: Les Mystères Révélés. "Khéops et le tombeau des secrets", Saison 1, Épisode 1. Label News for RMC Découverte and Science & Vie TV, 2018.
- Time Scanners. "Egyptian Pyramids", Season 1, Series 1. Atlantic Productions, 2014.
