Going beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredibl

A history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it.

Proposes that the Great Pyramid at Giza functioned as a water pump, with purposes as diverse as irrigation, cooling, or the generation of electricity.

The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids