Keeping up with the Egyptians: Building Pyramids
By James A. Kizer and William Perry
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James A. Kizer
Hello, my name is James A. Kizer. I was born and raised in Northwest Indiana. At the age of eleven my fifth grade teacher introduced the class to mechanical reasoning. She covered things like pulleys, levers and the incline plain. Then, went on to show us examples, like the ramp theories thought to have been used to build the Egyptian Pyramids. She also informed us that no one knew for sure how they were built. My little eleven-year mind studied and calculated heights and distances for a few minutes and I came to the conclusion: the ramp idea didn’t make sense and perhaps someday, I will figure it out! So I went on with life. In high school, I usually tested above average in areas like mechanical thinking and spatial relations and before long, was awarded an apprenticeship with the Boilermakers, based on testing well in these areas. I served my apprenticeship and went on working as a journeyman in the trade. Sometime around my 15th year of boilermaking, I remembered that day in school, when I was eleven. After fifteen years of heavy rigging, steel construction, working with others, planning and running work, I realized, I now had the tools to answer the elusive question: How were the Egyptian Pyramids built? From time to time, as a boss, I would get long periods of time to ponder this question. Simply, by combining my construction experience, research, running models by trial and error and adding in some prayer. The theory slowly emerged. It took nearly twelve years to develop. But, once I got on the right trail, questions started answering themselves. Every theory I’ve ever heard, usually takes me a short moment to poke a hole, right through it. This theory holds water!
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Keeping up with the Egyptians - James A. Kizer
Copyright © 2017 by James A. Kizer.
Main Illustrator: William Perry
Raft Illustrator: Wallace F. Duncan
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017904602
ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-5434-1096-9
Softcover 978-1-5434-1097-6
eBook 978-1-5434-1098-3
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Rev. date: 04/18/2019
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CONTENTS
A Problem Unsolvable
Foreword
Getting Started
One Principle
Another Principle
The Raft
Last Main Principle
Preparing A Jobsite
Skilled Craftsmen
The Foundation
Casing Stones
Ground Level
The Lift Chamber
Flooding The Middle Region
The Water Shaft
To Rehash And Move Forward
Topping Out
Capstone
The Job Isn’t Done Yet
Water Pressure
Taking A Look At The Theory
This Theory Applied To The Great Pyramid
The Grand Gallery Slabs And Air Shafts
The Conflict
Egyptian Light Bulb Explained
Conclusion
A Little About The Author And Why He Decided To Answer This Question
A PROBLEM UNSOLVABLE
There’s a great story told about mathematical scientist George Dantzig.
During his first year