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9781591431022

Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt

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  • ISBN13:

    9781591431022

  • ISBN10:

    1591431026

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-06-24
  • Publisher: 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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