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The Engineer of the Gods — real places & people

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Places of awe

The Giza plateau — precision made visceral.

The Giza plateau — precision made visceral.
The Giza plateau — precision made visceral.

Eduard Spelterini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Khan el-Khalili — copper-light and the call to prayer over haggling.

Khan el-Khalili — copper-light and the call to prayer over haggling.
Khan el-Khalili — copper-light and the call to prayer over haggling.

Sosimoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Aswan — the granite quarry where the makers' hand is caught mid-cut.

Aswan — the granite quarry where the makers' hand is caught mid-cut.
Aswan — the granite quarry where the makers' hand is caught mid-cut.

Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Things of wonder (made by hand)

The King's Chamber granite — hard stone hauled and set with uncanny fit.

The King's Chamber granite — hard stone hauled and set with uncanny fit.
The King's Chamber granite — hard stone hauled and set with uncanny fit.

Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Serapeum boxes — single blocks cut to optical-flat tolerances.

The Serapeum boxes — single blocks cut to optical-flat tolerances.
The Serapeum boxes — single blocks cut to optical-flat tolerances.

Auguste Mariette, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Unfinished Obelisk — the largest ever attempted, abandoned mid-cut.

The Unfinished Obelisk — the largest ever attempted, abandoned mid-cut.
The Unfinished Obelisk — the largest ever attempted, abandoned mid-cut.

Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Sphinx — water-weathering and an older-than-allowed question.

The Sphinx — water-weathering and an older-than-allowed question.
The Sphinx — water-weathering and an older-than-allowed question.

Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Philae — a temple the rising water nearly drowned, then lifted and rebuilt stone by stone; the book's water-and-stone motif, real and visitable. (No freely-licensed photograph of the still-submerged Thonis-Heracleion exists; see the credits note.)

Philae — a temple the rising water nearly drowned, then lifted and rebuilt stone by stone; the book's water-and-stone motif, real and visitable. (No freely-licensed photograph of the still-submerged Thonis-Heracleion exists; see the credits note.)
Philae — a temple the rising water nearly drowned, then lifted and rebuilt stone by stone; the book's water-and-stone motif, real and visitable. (No freely-licensed photograph of the still-submerged Thonis-Heracleion exists; see the credits note.)

Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peoples, in their own dress

Nubian dress and houses of the Aswan reach.

Nubian dress and houses of the Aswan reach.
Nubian dress and houses of the Aswan reach.

David Broad, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The fellahin — the living Nile.

The fellahin — the living Nile.
The fellahin — the living Nile.

Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Everyday Egyptian dress — the city as opera.

Everyday Egyptian dress — the city as opera.
Everyday Egyptian dress — the city as opera.

Léon Bonnat, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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