The authors, an Architect and an Engineer, describe how the Great Pyramid was built by the Ancient Egyptians using their existing knowledge of hydrology and maritime technology and the skills developed over centuries of agricultural development.
About the Author: Two Authors...Samuel R. Sampson and Michael N. Read. Samuel R. Sampson, Architect... Samuel was born in North Bend, Oregon, USA on August 25, 1946 and spent many youthful days building model cars, boats and airplanes and hunting and fishing the incomparable southern Oregon coast. He began formal education in Coos Bay, Oregon at Marshfield Senior High School, graduating in 1964. As grandson of an itinerant Finnish carpenter and an enthusiastic model builder, Mr. Sampson went on to obtain a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1970. In 1966-67, during his junior year in college, he studied abroad in Vienna, Austria concentrating on Architectural History, while touring many world-famous museums, landmarks and prominent architecture throughout Europe. Mr. Sampson has practiced architecture professionally since 1974, and is licensed in both Oregon and Washington states. He has many years experience in managing the architectural design teams for both governmental and private sector building projects of large magnitudes. In 2000, Samuel initiated a hobby by beginning his independent study of a long-standing architectural interest in Ancient Egypt and the Great Pyramid in particular. Mr. Sampson's firm, Architectural Investigative Reports & Opinions (AIRO-LLC), provides traditional and specialty architectural services that list among others, constructability analyses and comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the condition of existing buildings, site work and infrastructure. Michael N. Read, Engineer Michael was born in London, England on January 9, 1940 just after the outbreak of WWII and survived the London bombing Blitz by sleeping at night in an underground air raid shelter. In 1946 the family moved to Sandhurst, Berkshire and in 1951 he attended Woodley Hill Grammar School in Earley, near Reading, Berkshire. In 1956 he graduated and went on to attend the Royal Aircraft Establishment Technical College (now Farnborough College of Technology). He graduated in 1961 and attended two more years part-time and was accepted as a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1963.