Nine years ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. For ten hours a day, he labored at his computer to create exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the interior of the Great Pyramid. After five years of effort, the images rotating on his computer screen provided evidence of an astonishing secret. Corkscrewing up the inside of the Great Pyramid is a mile-long ramp, unseen for 4,500 years. The pyramid was built from the inside. This revelation casts a fresh light on the minds that conceived one of the wonders of the ancient world. The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves between the ancient and the modern. The ancient story chronicles, step-by-step, how a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. To execute something as complex and massive as the Great Pyramid, Egypt needed architects, mathematicians, boat builders, stone masons, and metallurgists. It took twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. By the time its capstone was laid in 2560 B.C., the innovations born of the building quest had transformed agrarian Egypt into the world's most modern, most powerful nation. As we follow the progress of Hemienu, the innovative architect who planned, organized, and oversaw construction of the Great Pyramid, we also follow Houdin working to discover how and why the ancient architect designed the Pyramid as he did. Houdin works as a forensic architect, aiming to reconstruct the lessons Hemienu had learned from construction of three previous pyramids and to visualize his blueprint for the massive stone building. In the process, Houdin also discovers the answers to other questions that have bedeviled Egyptologists for centuries: such as what was the purpose of the mysterious Grand Gallery and when did the Pyramid crack? Along the way, Houdin receives the support of a pathbreaking French software company, which helps him validate his theory virtually—a first in archaeology! The story of genius and obsession in the ancient and modern world, this archaeological mystery will appeal to anyone who has ever been captivated by this magnificent edifice.

九年前，法国建筑师Jean-Pierre Houdin被大金字塔如何建造的世纪之谜迷住了。他每天在电脑前工作10个小时，为大金字塔的内部制作精致的三维模型。经过五年的努力，他的电脑屏幕上旋转的图像为一个惊人的秘密提供了证据。在大金字塔的内部，有一条一英里长的斜坡，4500年来从未见过。该金字塔是从内部建造的。这一发现使人们对构思古代世界奇迹之一的思想有了新的认识。大金字塔的秘密》在古代和现代之间游走。这个古老的故事一步步记录了一个刚刚走出石器时代的农民国家如何建造古代世界七大奇迹之一。为了实施像大金字塔这样复杂而庞大的工程，埃及需要建筑师、数学家、造船师、石匠和冶金师。建造大金字塔花了二十年时间。到公元前2560年奠基时，建筑探索中诞生的创新已经将农业化的埃及转变为世界上最现代、最强大的国家。当我们跟随计划、组织和监督大金字塔建设的创新建筑师海米努的进展时，我们也跟随胡丁努力探索这位古代建筑师是如何以及为何如此设计金字塔的。胡丁以法医建筑师的身份工作，旨在重建海米努从之前三座金字塔的建造中所获得的经验，并将他为这座巨大的石头建筑绘制的蓝图可视化。在这个过程中，胡丁还发现了困扰埃及学家几个世纪的其他问题的答案：如神秘的大走廊的目的是什么，金字塔何时开裂？在这一过程中，胡丹得到了一家开创性的法国软件公司的支持，该公司帮助他虚拟验证了他的理论--这在考古学中尚属首次 这是一个关于古代和现代世界的天才和痴迷的故事，这个考古之谜将吸引所有曾经被这座宏伟建筑所吸引的人。