Dispatches from the Field, a new digital program designed to bring The Explorers Club community closer—wherever you are.
Each session kicks off with a 10-minute talk from a Featured Speaker, streamed live to the public on explorers.org and our YouTube channel.
This will be followed by Campfire sessions—intimate, Members-Only breakout groups where you can connect, share ideas, and build relationships.
This edition features Greg Herman, FN’22, to present Old Kingdom Science & Engineering: Exploring the Physical Aspects of the Giza Pyramids:
At the beginning of the Bronze age ~4500 years ago, Egyptians of the Old Kingdom demonstrated advanced scientific and engineering skills, demonstrated by the Giza Pyramids. Learn about how the Egyptians scaled the Giza pyramids relative to the dimensions and positions of inner-solar-system bodies, and their devising and use of sophisticated ramps and block-and-tackle pulley systems to aid in the construction of the Great Pyramid (Khufu-Cheops),
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Greg Herman
Gregory Herman is a PhD structural geologist whose career has centered on regional tectonics and fractured-bedrock hydrogeology. After 32 years with the New Jersey Geological Survey, Gregory retired and now works with Trap Rock Industries while continuing independent research and reporting on geological, geophysical, and geoarchaeological phenomena.
