Building the Great Pyramid in a Year: An Engineer's Report. Gerard C. A. Fonte

Building the Great Pyramid in a Year: An Engineer's Report



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Language: English
Page: 218
ISBN: 0875865216, 9780875865232

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This fascinating book addresses the building of Egypt s Great Pyramid (Khufu or Cheops). Fonte, a practicing engineer with extensive experience in project management, is clearly passionate about pyramids. His main conclusion, based on forensic evidence, is that the Great Pyramid could have been built by 10,000 workers in just over one year, or in about four to six years by approximately 4,000 workers....Chapters address overall pyramid geometry; fallacies about pyramids; extant methods of moving, rolling, lifting, and quarrying limestone block; and sociology and population available for pyramid construction. Fonte also describes his interpretation of several archeological finds, such as cedar quarter circles and a proto-pulley.... --CHOICE Magazine Jan 2008

The message and conceptual work in Building The Great Pyramid in a Year is stunning. It's based on the most reasonable premise that the ancient Egyptians were clever enough to design and build the pyramids in ways that used the least energy. Fonte is an iconoclastic thinker who backs his ideas with practice and theory. The arguments are well supported by references. This is the first pyramid building vision that makes sense to me. -- Gregory A. Howell, P.E., Co-Founder and COO of the Lean Construction Institute


This demystifying study of Egyptian pyramid construction uses well documented analytical methods to knock down impractical theories - including some from mainstream Egyptologists - and poses new and exciting concepts. Backed up by compelling evidence that is carefully explained for the layperson, and a practical demonstration of a single man moving a 5000 lb. block, these new concepts dramatically reduce the manpower estimate to construct these Wonders of the Ancient World. Gerard Fonte, whose background is in engineering, deduces the function of previously misunderstood construction site artifacts and their relevance to historical writings about block moving "machines". Read this book, and you will not only gain insight to extremely efficient Egyptian construction techniques, but will also gain a new respect for these early artisans.

--Robert B. Tarn Trustee, The Engineers' Council, Los Angeles, California

Indiana Jones would not appreciate the conclusions but if you want to understand the talents of the Egyptian pyramid builders, this is the book to read. You will learn more about circles than you dreamed possible and at the same time it will compel you to re-examine all that you see on TV about how these engineering marvels were constructed. The pyramids stand as testimony to the engineering genius of the Egyptians. It's about time someone also gave them credit for a little common sense. Fonte's ideas about energy management will open your eyes to what builders are still doing today. --Clifford J. Schexnayder, Em. Scholar Emeritus, Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University

About the Author

Gerard C. A. Fonte is the Principal Engineer of The PAK Engineers. He has nearly 30 years of varied hands-on engineering experience ranging from commercial products to state-of-the-art military designs including: missile guidance systems, gravity navigation, electronic warfare and projects that "don't exist.

Fonte has over 50 publications ranging from magazine articles to peer-reviewed papers. He was awarded the 2006 Outstanding Engineering Merit Award by the San Fernando Valley (CA) Engineers Council for his research on early Egyptian constructions.

Fonte holds a BA degree in Psychology and a MS degree in Natural Science.



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