THE ORION MYSTERY. Unlocking The Secrets Of The Pyramids. A Revolutionary New Interpretation Of The Ancient Enigma.

black 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. nice clean copy. binding tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. first american edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line).dustwrapper fine cond.nottorn or price clipped. 325p. 16 glossy b&w plates. 26 line illustrations. 7 appendices. notes. & references. biblio. index. ancient religion. ancient history. prehistory. archaeology. ancient egypt. ancient astronomy. astrolatry. cosmology. archaeoastronomy. astromythology. the ancient zodiac. egyptian astronomy. astrology. star worship. great pyramids.the sphinx. precession of the equinox. secret chambers of the sanctuary of thoth. sons of ra. cheops pyramid. giza and the belt of orion. the mountains of the star gods. the discovery of the pyramid texts. opening of the mouth. bennu bird. sothis~sirius. book of the dead.~ Already a number one best~seller in Britain, The Orion Mystery is the story of a secret, hidden for thousands of years, that will forever change our understanding of the meaning and purpose of the most fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt. What purpose did these massive structures, one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken, serve? Why were they scattered across the desert in a seemingly random pattern? The pyramid mystery deepened when, in 1993, researcher Rudolf Gantenbrink discovered a secret door within the Great Pyramid~a door unopened for 4,500 years. Robert Bauval has spent the last ten years investigating the pyramids themselves and the Pyramid Texts, the oldest writings known to mankind. He and Adrian Gilbert have uncovered, for the first time, the key to the plan that governed the construction of the pyramids. They reveal that, much more than just tombs, the pyramids were nothing less than a replica of Heaven on Earth. With great astronomical precision, they were created to serve as the Pharaohs' gateway to the stars. Dramatic and compelling, The Orion Mystery leads us step~by~step through these remarkable discoveries. It will be hailed as a historic achievement by all who are intrigued by the world's ancient mysteries. ROBERT BAUVAL was born in Egypt in 1948. A construction engineer, he has had a long~standing interest in Egyptology, having lived in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East for much of his life. In the 1980s he developed a line of study linking the pyramids and the commonly called Pyramid Texts with astronomy. He has published several papers on this subject, and his findings have been presented at the British Museum. The Orion Mystery is his first book. …