On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of saqqara

Xavier Landreau; Guillaume Piton; Guillaume Morin; Pascal Bartout; Laurent Touchart; Christophe Giraud; Jean-Claude Barre; Cyrielle Guerin; Alexis Alibert; Charly Lallemand

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306690

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On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of saqqara

Xavier Landreau ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xavier.landreau@cea.fr, paleotechnic@pm.me

Affiliation Paleotechnic., Paris, France

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3583-9600

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Guillaume Piton,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-0909

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Guillaume Morin,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Sicame Group, Arnac-Pompadour, France
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Pascal Bartout,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CEDETE—Centre d’études sur le Développement des Territoires et l’Environnement, Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
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Laurent Touchart,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation CEDETE—Centre d’études sur le Développement des Territoires et l’Environnement, Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
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Christophe Giraud,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation AtoutsCarto, Bourges, France
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Jean-Claude Barre,

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Verilux International, Brienon-sur-Armançon, France
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Cyrielle Guerin,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Paleotechnic., Paris, France
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Alexis Alibert,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Paleotechnic., Paris, France
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Charly Lallemand

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Paleotechnic., Paris, France
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On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of saqqara

Xavier Landreau,
Guillaume Piton,
Guillaume Morin,
Pascal Bartout,
Laurent Touchart,
Christophe Giraud,
Jean-Claude Barre,
Cyrielle Guerin,
Alexis Alibert,
Charly Lallemand

Published: August 5, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306690

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