Secret of the Great Pyramid

<p><em>The Secret of the Great Pyramid </em>is a thrilling intellectual adventure story about the most exciting discovery in Egyptology in decades. Bob Brier along with French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin tells the remarkable true story of Houdin's obsession with Egypt's Great Pyramid one of the Seven Wonders of the World: how in an ancient agrarian society not long removed from the Stone Age such a remarkable structure could have been envisioned and constructed. At once the story of Houdin's determined search for answers to the puzzle that have eluded scientist and Egyptologists for centuries and a fascinating history of the planning and building of the magnificent edifice <em>The Secret of the Great Pyramid </em>is an extraordinary work that puts the mystery to rest once and for all. </p>