The French engineer who saved the Great Pyramid of been demolished
Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant The French engineer who saved the Great Pyramid of been demolished originally emigrated to Egypt in the year 1820 and was the cause of saving the pyramid of Cheops from demolition under Mohammed Ali .. Documents released show that Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of the modern Egyptian Renaissance had issued his order to the French engineer Linan to recycle the great pyramids blocks in order to build the Qanater .. Linan Pasha Was aware that the rejection of the command means he will be isolated and so he did a feasibility study as which had proved that the quantities of stones of the Great Pyramid will increase four times as desired , and the stones of the small pyramid of Menkaure is not sufficient for the construction .. as explained in his study that the cost of transporting one meter of pyramid's stones will coast ten piasters , while the cost of transporting from a close quarries to the area only ...