PYRAMID: REVEALING HOW AND WHY IT WAS BUILT
Book ID/图书代码： 11340007B11016
English Summary/英文概要： The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one left standing. With the help of computer-generated imagery, this book brings IVth Dynasty Egypt to life and shows how and why this most extraordinary monument was built.
Pyramid is the book of the major BBC documentary, which examines through re-enactments and computer simulations not just how the Great Pyramid was built, but a great deal of the social background of ancient Egypt. As the authors contend in their Introduction, the pyramids have long been "the object of speculation that ranges from the contentious via the merely fanciful to the frankly insane". Their own book aims to be none of these things.
Kevin Jackson and Jonathan Stamp’s account of how the pyramids may have been built covers various possibilities, and shows that the Great Pyramid could have been built in around 20 years by a workforce of quite manageable proportions. But perhaps the two most interesting sections of the book are the chapter on the everyday life of a Pyramid builder--a willing conscript, not a slave--and the last few chapters, on those who have explored and examined the pyramids over the centuries, and their often weird and wonderful theories.
Although this is, really, an attractively-illustrated coffee-table book, the text is informative and clear. In places, though, the authors talk down to the reader; in discussing the three spiritual aspects of a person, the ka, ba and akh, for example, they write "Those who find it hard to assimilate this curious idea might find it helpful to recall the Christian idea of the Trinity." But despite that, those who enjoyed the TV documentary will find this a useful companion to it. -—David V Barrett
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 卡夫金字塔是世界七大奇觀中最古老的建築，卻屹立至今。它是如何建造的？為什麼要建造這個金子塔？建造者用了什麼建築學原理？他們過著怎樣的生活？
此本《金字塔》是BBC重要記錄片之一，攝製組人員用電腦類比技術再現了當時的建造場景，讓讀者回到古埃及，瞭解當時的社會背景，客觀認識金字塔的建造過程。作者在前言中說，“人們對金字塔的猜測從玩笑到瘋狂的迷信，什麼都有。”但此書絕不在這個範圍內，他們要客觀還原。
凱文•傑克遜和喬納森•斯坦普此次對金字塔的探索，提出了很多新的見解：
胡夫金字塔可能是由一群有組織，管理晚上的工人在20年內造好的。
金字塔建造者的生活並不悲慘，他們是自願工作，不是被奴役的。
幾個世紀以來，那些探索、考察金字塔的研究員們，他們都發現了什麼，又創立了什麼奇怪、有趣的理論？
書中圖片精美、文字資訊詳盡、解釋清晰，的確可以是一本在咖啡館翻閱的小資讀物。但要是靜下心認真閱讀，你就會發現其中作者與讀者討論“個人的三個精神世界——Ka,Ba,Akh”。比如他寫到“要是你不能很好得理解這個奇怪的觀點，那麼你會將它與基督教的三一律聯想到一起。”。這本書和記錄片一樣能帶你參觀最真實的埃及，最真實的金字塔。——大衛•巴雷特。(Celia)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 凱文•傑克遜為《紐約客》、《Granta》、《Prospect》、《星期日泰晤士報》、《星期日郵報》、《衛報》、《Vogue》、《標準晚報》撰寫電影、攝影、現代藝術、文學、文化史文章。他原本是一位劇本編輯兼顧問，在國家電影學院、皇家藝術學院、維多利亞和艾爾伯特博物館執教。他為第三、第四廣播電臺拍攝紀錄片，為電視臺導演，製作影片。他編撰了20多本書，為搖滾歌劇填詞，協助舉辦電影和攝影展等等，熟悉文化界的思想動向。
Kevin Jackson has written thousands of articles, primarily on film, photography, modern art, literature and cultural history for, among others, The New Yorker, Granta, Prospect, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, Evening Standard and Vogue. He has been a script editor and script consultant, lectured and taught at the National Film Theatre, the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Musuem , presented documentaries for Radio 3 and Radio 4, directed and produced films for television, written the book and lyrics for a rock opera, curated film seasons and a photography exhibition as well as authored and edited more than twenty books.
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