The Problem of the Obelisks, From a Study of the Unfinished, Obelisk at Aswan (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Reginald Engelbach

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330384024 ISBN 13 : 9781330384022

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how ancient Egypt moved and raised its great obelisks, with clear, practical explanations you can visualize. This edition analyzes the physical tools, logs, sleds, embankments, and procedures that transformed massive granite into standing monuments, using the Aswan Obelisk as a focal point.

The book blends narrative with model experiments and historical context to show how engineers of the ancient world tackled weight, balance, and precision. It focuses on hands-on processes, from quarry faces to the final erection, while balancing fact with careful inference where evidence is scarce.

• How obelisks were quarried, transported, and oriented on pedestals.


• The roles of sledges, baulks, and funnels in controlled descent and lift.


• Why notches and balance points mattered for a successful erection.


• Historical notes on key architects, instruments, and surviving records.

Ideal for readers of archaeology and the history of engineering, this edition offers a compact, accessible account of what is known about a subject that fascinated travelers and scholars for generations. It is well suited to anyone curious about ancient methods, practical craft, and how massive stone works were achieved.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Problem of the Obelisks, From a Study of the Unfinished, Obelisk at Aswan

This book has been written.not only to give the general reader the results of the latest researches on the ages-old problem as to how the obeliks were extracted and erected quarry in 1921 and 1922 have already been published by the Antiquities Department, under the title of The Aswan Obelisk, with some remarks on the Ancient Engineering, of which this is practically a popular edition.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330384024
• ISBN 13: 9781330384022
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
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