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The Orion mystery : unlocking the secrets of the pyramids

Title
The Orion mystery : unlocking the secrets of the pyramids / Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert.
Author
Bauval, Robert, 1948-
Publication
  • London : Heinemann, 1994.
  • ©1994

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Additional Authors
Gilbert, Adrian (Adrian Geoffrey)
Description
325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Subject
  • Astronomy, Egyptian
  • Pyramids > Egypt
  • Antiquities
  • Pyramids
  • Piramiden (bouwkunst)
  • Orion (astronomie)
  • Egypt > Antiquities
  • Egypt
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-314) and index.
Contents
Prologue: The last wonder of the ancient world -- The genesis of the Orion mystery -- The mountains of the star gods -- The discovery of the pyramid texts -- Let the pyramid texts 'speak' -- The Giza plan -- Giza and the Belt of Orion -- The star correlation theory -- The brother of Osiris -- Intermezzo at the pyramids -- The great star-clock of the epochs -- The seed of the Phoenix -- The roads of Osiris -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 0434000744
  • 9780434000746
OCLC
  • ocm30033829
  • 30033829
  • SCSB-8909613
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library