Orion Mystery - Hardcover

Robert Bauval; Adrian Geoffrey Gilbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434000744 ISBN 13: 9780434000746

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This story unlocks many of the key secrets of the great Pyramids, their purpose, design, religious function and exact placing. It ties in intimately with the recent discovery by Rudolf Gantenbrink of a hidden tomb in the Pyramid of Cheops.

About this title

About the Author:

Adrian Gilbert is the author and independent publishing consultant. In 1991 he set up Solos Press, a small publishers specialising in Christian Mysticism, Gnosticism and the Hermetic tradition of Egypt. He has been researching Ancient Egypt for over twenty years and regards th discoveries contained in The Orion Mystery as crucial to our understanding of the pyramid age. Robert Bauval was born in Egypt in 1948. A construction engineer, his interest in Egyptology is long standing, 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 so-called Pyramid Texts with astronomy. He has published several papers on this subject and his findings have been presented at the British Museum. His is the co-author of three international bestsellers: The Orion Mystery and Keeper of Genesis and more recently The Secret Chamber.

Review:

"Absorbing and fascinating... how they reach their conclusions is clearly and rivetingly told... highly an compulsively readable" * Sunday Times * "A discovery about the pyramids that could change our whole view of human history" * Evening Standard * "Persuasive and scholarly" * Observer *

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0434000744
• ISBN 13: 9780434000746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 325