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Analysis Of The Great Pyramids Of Giza By Lisa Rochen

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Lisa Rochen in her article remarks, “The great pyramids of Giza represent an extraordinary moment of built audacity and utter modesty” (Rochen, p 44). This extraordinary scale of these structures, as well as the attempt of building it, reflects the Ancient kingdom’s prosperity and coercive power regarding the usage of work. Moreover, the brilliant architectural design echoes the advancement in technology, engineering, and mathematics to be able to produce these royal tombs. For more than 4000 years, humankind has been fascinated by these ancient wonders and how they came into being without any use of pulleys, wheels, iron tools or compasses but only crude chisels, saws, hammers, and drills made of copper, wood, and stone. According to the civil

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