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050	0	0	_aDT63 _b.I75 2001
100	1		_aIsler, Martin, _d1926-, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSticks, stones, and shadows : _bbuilding the Egyptian pyramids / _cby Martin Isler ; foreword by Dieter Arnold.
264	1		_aNorman : _bUniversity of Oklahoma Press, _c2001.
264	4		_a©2001
300			_axiv, 352 pages : _billustratiosn, maps ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [327]-336) and index.
520			_aWhat do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical? Richly illustrated with more than 300 photographs and drawings, Sticks, Stones, and Shadows presents an entirely original approach to the subject of pyramid building. Unlike other books discussing these majestic structures, this book reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses. Few have closely examined Egyptian technologies and techniques from the origins of pyramid development to the step-by-step details of how the ground was leveled, how the site was oriented, and how the stone was raised and placed to meet at a distant point in the sky. Nevertheless, this is much more than a how-to-do-it book. Martin Isler also asks and answers questions virtually ignored for the last century. He discloses, for example, the ancient use of shadows--now denigrated to the ornamental back-yard sundial--but once an important tool for telling the height of an object, geographical directions, the seasons of the year, and the time of day. Isler also reinterprets the ancient "stretching of the cord" ceremony, which once was thought to have only religious significance but here is shown as the means of establishing the sides of a pyramid.
650		0	_aPyramids _zEgypt
650		0	_aPyramids _xDesign and construction
700	1		_aArnold, Dieter, _eauthor of foreword.
900			_aMEF Üniversitesi Kütüphane katalog kayıtları RDA standartlarına uygun olarak üretilmektedir / MEF University Library Catalogue Records are Produced Compatible by RDA Rules
910			_aPandora
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970	0	1	_aContents.
970	0	1	_aForeword, _pix.
970	0	1	_aPreface, _pxi.
970	0	1	_aAcknowledgments, _pxiii.
970	1	1	_l1. _tMountains of the sun, _p3.
970	1	1	_l2. _tEgypt, _p36.
970	1	1	_l3. _tEarly monuments, _p64.
970	1	1	_l4. _tStep pyramids, _p90.
970	1	1	_l5. _tThe true pyramid, _p111.
970	1	1	_l6. _tThe gnomon, _p135.
970	1	1	_l7. _tOrientation, _p157.
970	1	1	_l8. _tPreparing the site, _p175.
970	1	1	_l9. _tThe nucleus, _p196.
970	1	1	_l10. _tGathering material, _p222.
970	1	1	_l11. _tBuilding the nucleus, _p245.
970	1	1	_l12. _tThe second stage, _p267.
970	1	1	_l13. _tThe final building stage, _p287.
970	0	1	_aAbbreviatons, _p309.
970	0	1	_aNotes, _p311.
970	0	1	_aGlossary, _p323.
970	0	1	_aBibliography, _p327.
970	0	1	_aIllustration sources, _p337.
970	0	1	_aIndex, _p341.
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