Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt
by Dunn, ChristopherFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-24
Publisher(s): Bear & Co
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Summary
Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, engineer Christopher Dunn reveals that highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.
Author Biography
Christopher Dunn is a manufacturing engineer with 50 years of experience. He has worked primarily in aerospace with an emphasis on precision and laser application. He has published a dozen articles on his theories about ancient technology and is the author of The Giza Power Plant. He lives in Illinois.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Shifting Paradigms by Arlan Andrews Sr., ScD
Foreword: Recognizing the Brilliance of Ancient Manufacturing by Judd C. Peck, Esq.
Photographic Credits
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One The Shadows of Luxor
Two The Shadows of Ramses
Three The Ramses Challenge
Four The Shadows of Karnak
Five The Shadows of the Serapeum
Six The Shadow of the Sphinx
Seven The Shadows of Denderah
Eight Sticks and Stones: Tools of the Trade
Nine In the Shadow of an Obelisk
Ten In the Shadow of Egyptian Megamachines
Eleven Walking in the Shadow of William F. Petrie
Twelve Suspending Disbelief
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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