Research work · 1998

Egyptian pyramid geometry : architectural and mathematical patterning in dynasty IV Egyptian pyramid complexes

Hadyn R. Butler

Abstract

Books on the mathematics of pyramids tend to provoke sighs of resignation from Egyptologists. Not only are they often filled with impenetrable jargon and equations, but also they tend to be based on deeply-felt underlying beliefs in alien contact or conspiracy. This however, is not one of those books, but an interesting exploration into the way in which the whole Egyptian pyramid complexes at sites like Gaza and Dahshur were tied into plans stretching over generations of pharaohs, and linking-in waterworks, roads and drainage ditches, as well as the monuments themselves.