Misplaced Applied sciences of Historic Egypt: Superior Engineering within the Temples of the Pharaohs

A singular examine of the engineering and instruments used to create Egyptian monuments

• Presents a stone-by-stone evaluation of key Egyptian monuments, together with the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum

• Reveals that extremely refined instruments and mega-machines had been utilized in historic Egypt

From the pyramids within the north to the temples within the south, historic artisans left their marks throughout Egypt, distinctive marks that reveal craftsmanship we might be exhausting pressed to duplicate right this moment. Drawing collectively the outcomes of greater than 30 years of analysis and 9 area examine journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a surprising stone-by-stone evaluation of key Egyptian monuments, together with the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its toes. His modern-day engineering experience offers a novel view into the subtle know-how used to create these well-known monuments in prehistoric instances.

Utilizing fashionable digital pictures, computer-aided design software program, and metrology devices, Dunn exposes the acute precision of those monuments and the kind of superior manufacturing experience obligatory to supply them. His laptop evaluation of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and proper sides of the faces are exact mirror photos of one another, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the best examples of precision engineering on the planet. Offering never-before-seen proof within the type of greater than 280 images, Dunn’s analysis exhibits that whereas absent from the archaeological file, extremely refined instruments, methods, and even mega-machines will need to have been utilized in historic Egypt.