4666
Accession Number
7815
Title Of Article Chaper
Desert builders knew a good thing when they saw it
Title Of Journal Book
Smithsonian
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
116-121
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Around 2630 B.C. Egyptian building materials underwent a change from sun-dried brick to stone. The design of the sphinx and the pyramids, modeled on natural topographical prominences, has been important to the survival of the monuments. The sphinx is currently endangered from the rising water level due to irrigation from the Aswan Dam project. -- AATA
pub_id
4666