Masonry

actually were built and what the methods were. The designers of the Pyramids tried to secure that the tombs of the kings would never be disarranged. Khufu’s (a king from Fourth Dynasty) builders left his tomb chamber in the center of the mountain of masonry, at the end of a long, narrow, steeply, rising passageway, sealed off after the king’s burial by fifty tones stone block. Three false passageways, tried to mislead, because early looters penetrated to the tomb chamber and stole Khufu’s…

FINAL INTERNSHIP REPORT I am Karan Chugh a graduate student in Construction Management at Texas A&M University with an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. I have two years of work experience in construction of multifamily and Homebuilding in India. I started working as an intern at G2 Builders Corporation in Austin, TX from May 18, 2015 for a period of 12 weeks until August 21, 2015. G2 Builders Corporation is a commercial general contractor primarily in Hospitality and Retail…

downward gradient within conduits of stone, brick, and concrete. Most aqueducts were beneath the ground. Where there were valleys or low lands they constructed bridge work for the water to pass over the valley or low land. The bridges were made out of masonry, brick, or concrete. When the engineers reached a hill they would sometimes have to install a…

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."(Washington) The book "Up from Slavery" is written by Booker T. Washington, it is an autobiography about his life from being a young slave boy to being an icon for the African American race. Washington started off with nothing but just being property to a White Man, this book is about how Washington realized how important…

Important Roman Structures One of the many important Roman structures is the Roman Colosseum. The Roman Colosseum is a well known ancient amphitheater that still stands today. It was built around 80 AD by Emperor Vespasian. The Colosseum has a circumference of 527 meters, a 156 to 198-meter diameter, and a four-story high wall. Underneath the Colosseum Domitian had a whole system of underground tunnels built. This required them to make things like ropes and pulleys to control the doors.…

Donatello is known for his ability to sculpt images to life. Many of his best known works are images or people synonymous with religious attributes from the Bible. His ability to work in different mediums has brought him through the ages to be known as one of the greatest Renaissance Era sculptors. His chosen subjects to sculpt are clarified when you begin to dig into his beginnings as an artist and the source of his motivation. Some well-known works of art I intend to explore by investigating…

One of the last Seven Wonders of the World to be standing is the Egyptian Pyramids. The pyramids were one of the first of the seven wonders to be built and is also one of the tallest to this day. What makes the pyramids so interesting is how they were built. The pyramids were built with no modern tech-nology in hand. So they were basically by man and man-made tools. The reason the Great Pyramid was built was for the Old Kingdom ruler Khufu, the pyramid had a burial chamber built inside with a…

pattern of the tile. Unlike most tile, this flooring was a particular pattern that’s use was essential in building one of the largest domes in the world; herringbone or spina pesce meaning “spine of the fish” (Great Cathedral Mystery). The largest masonry dome in the world sits on top of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, Italy and was built mainly by the master mason—and later capomaestro, an architect-in-chief—of the name Filippo Brunelleschi. Ingeniously designed, the dome…

Opus 40: Telling an American History America is a country that is gifted with many different artists who specialized in many different fields. All these artists have one thing in common, and that is that you can always relate their piece of work back to the American Story or an American experience. Harvey Fite is no different. During his lifetime Harvey Fite work on a single gigantic project. He called his masterpiece “Opus 40”. The name comes from the Latin word Opus which means…

History of Liberia As the race to claim stake in Africa came underway in the late nineteenth century, European influence on the continent had long been felt by the indigenous people. Pre-colonial African Kingdoms had established trade with the early European explorers. As the trade relationships amongst tribes and the Europeans enhanced, the abundance of African resources such as agriculture, precious metals and more importantly slaves often left with the ships of the explorers. As time went…