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Insight from Geometry and Physics into the Construction of Egyptian Old Kingdom Pyramids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Stuart Kirkland Wier
Stuart Kirkland Wier
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Egyptian Study Society Denver Museum of Natural History 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, CO 80205, USA
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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , April 1996 , pp. 150 - 163
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1996

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