Pyramid
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
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2019–2022years
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What Hacker News says
- Some other Macaulay books are: Cathedral, City, and Pyramid.
- There’s a fun 1970s book “Motel of the Mysteries” by the brilliant illustrator David Macaulay with this basic premise.
A single motel room is discovered underground by future archeologists, who proceed to interpret everything as if entering Tutankhamen’s tomb. The dusty motel room and its “treasures” are illustrated with the same precision that Macaulay brought to his classic works like “City” and “Pyramid” (which this 80s child remembers fondly enough that I bought them used for my kids a few years back, along with “Motel”.)
- I bet you’d enjoy Pyramid by David Macaulay (https://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-David-Macaulay/dp/0395321212). I read it as a kid and loved the glimpse into Egyptian construction with an architect/engineer perspective.
