Excerpt from Complete Method of Pyramid Building The art of grouping the human bodies in a whole as a class exercise, is not new; it was well known to the Assyrians and the people of the Levant who distinguished themselves in acrobatics, fencing and other exercises of the body. In old Venice too, homage was done to this class of gymnastics and proofs are in existence that the families of Caste] lans and of their enemies the Nicollets settled their misunderstandings not with barbarian combats, but rather with development of groups and formation and building of pyramids. Their agility was wonderful in that respect, and they assembled sometimes more than thirty performing gymnasts in groups, pyramids and tab leau, founded on the most beautiful species of art and architecture. And even to-day we mav meet individual groups of Arabs. Japanese and Chinese who arouse us with wonder and appreciation, as they are performing their groups and pyramids, gaining the applause of the public. The groups of these professionals have usually the sign of specialty, that the whole weight of ten, twelve or more members being on the shoulders of one man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.