Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid

Piazzi Smyth

ISBN 10: 0833407201 / ISBN 13: 9780833407207

Published by SteinerBooks/ Multimedia Publishing Corp, Blauvelt, NY, 1977

About this Item

Very good+ hardcover, maroon cloth with gold lettering to spine. Ex-library with mylar protector adhered to inside covers, card holder on inside rear cover, Withdrawn ink stamp to title page and on card holder, remains of a bar code label to rear free end page, and spine labels which are attached to the mylar and not to the book. An attractive copy, well preserved and with only two due dates listed on the card, was seldom used. Pages clean and unmarked except as noted above.An original ISBN sticker is on the rear cover. A reprint of the original 1877 work. Illustrated.

Seller Inventory # 000917

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
• Publisher: SteinerBooks/ Multimedia Publishing Corp, Blauvelt, NY
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0833407201
• ISBN 13: 9780833407207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Used Non-Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Charles Piazzi Smyth corresponded with pyramid theorist John Taylor and was heavily influenced by him. Taylor theorized in his 1859 book "The Great Pyramid: Why Was It Built? & Who Built It?" that the Great Pyramid was planned and the building supervised by the biblical Noah. Refused a grant by the Royal Society, Smyth went on an expedition to Egypt in order to accurately measure every surface, dimension, and aspect of the Great Pyramid. He brought along equipment to measure the dimensions of the stones, the precise angle of sections such as the descending passage, and a specially designed camera to photograph both the interior and exterior of the pyramid. He also used other instruments to make astronomical calculations and determine the pyramid's accurate latitude and longitude.Smyth subsequently published his book "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid" in 1864 (which he expanded over the years and is also titled The Great Pyramid: Its Secrets and Mysteries Revealed). Despite his bad reputation in Egyptological circles today, he performed much valuable work at Giza. He made the most accurate measurements of the Great Pyramid that any explorer had made up to that time, and he photographed the interior passages, using a magnesium light, for the first time. For his works on the Great Pyramid, Smyth was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, but in 1874, the Royal Society rejected his paper on the design of Khufu's pyramid, as they had Taylor's. The rejection of his ideas helped contribute to his resignation from his post as Royal Astronomer in 1888.

Book Description

Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), Astronomer Royal for Scotland, was keenly interested in 'pyramidology': he was convinced that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built under divine guidance and contained scientific information. This 1864 work sets out his argument, based on the measurements he had made of the Pyramid.