Great Pyramid: Its Secrets & Mysteries Revealed
by Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Charles Piazzi Smyth was appointed to the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University in 1846. He was respected for his practical work, and his Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment is also reissued in this series. However, this book, first published in 1864, is testimony to the author's interest in 'pyramidology', and although it was so popular in his own lifetime that it was reprinted five times, his eccentric interpretation of the data show more he had collected by measuring all aspects of the Great Pyramid of Giza damaged his scientific reputation. Smyth was convinced that the British measurement standard of an inch as a basic unit of length was associated with the sacred cubit of the Bible. This measure was supposedly incorporated in the Pyramid, which he claimed was built under divine guidance by the Ancient Israelites, and enshrined scientific information. show lessTags
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A classic in the nutty Egyptology field with pyramid prophecy and biblical reconstruction and British Israelism all thrown in together.
Originally published in 1880 as "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid", this book provides detailed line sketches and numerous calculations and ratios that leave one pondering the skill of the ancient designers of the pyramids.
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- Alternate titles
- The Great Pyramid : its secrets and mysteries revealed
- Original publication date
- 1864
- People/Characters
- Noah; Shem; Melchizedek
- Important places
- Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
- Disambiguation notice
- This book was first published in 1864 as Our Inheritance in the Great Pyamid. It has been reissued many times, often under the title The Great Pyramid: Its Secrets and Mysteries Revealed.
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