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How the Pyramids Were Built

by Peter Hodges

Peter Hodges rejects the long-held view that ramps were used to build the pyramids; his alternative is that it could all have been done with levers. This book explains how and why. First published by Element books in 1989, Aris & Phillips reprinted it in 1993. 154p with 125 figs and illus. (Aris and Philips 1993)

Table of contents

List of tables and maps; Foreword; 1. A new look at the pyramids; 2. Previous building theories; 3. Raising the stones at Giza; 4. The craftsmen and their skills; 5. Setting out a pyramid; 6. The anatomy of the pyramids; 7. Building stepped pyramids; 8. Building the Great Pyramid; 9. Casing the pyramids; 10 Further aspects; Appendix; Ramps; Levers; References; Index

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