Parry: Engineering the Pyramids. New edition. Paperback 
9780750934152

• Engineering the Pyramids. New edition. Paperback.
• By Dick Parry
• 192 pages. 2005. Pyramids are one of the wonders of the ancient world. But one mystery remains, how were they built? Using archaeological records and the basic principles of engineering, Parry provides an account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organization needed and insights into why the pyramids were designed as they were.

Engineering the Pyramids provides a rich and accessible account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organisation needed to bring about these heroic feats of effort and engineering and fascinating insights into why the pyramids were designed as they were. Was it to represent the life-giving rays of the sun, or did the Egyptians work out that this was the only way to achieve the mass they desired with the stability needed to stop the whole edifice collapsing?