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c. 2570 BCE

When Geometry Became Monumental

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza viewed from ground level.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.Nina Aldin Thune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Monumental stone construction reached an extraordinary scale and precision.

The Rethink

Architecture could become a civilization-scale system of surveying, logistics, labour and geometry.