Secrets Great Pyramid Appendix Livio by Tompkins Peter (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. brown & gilt decorative full cloth hardbound 4to (quarto). large & heavy book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond., 1" tear on front, chipping at top and bottom of spine, corners a little rubbed. no price listed. high quality (real cloth) book club edition (indent rear cover bottom near spine). nice copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ book club edition. illustrated endpapers. frontis. illustration. xv+416p. appendix. glossary. bibliography. index. maps . plans. diagrams &illustrations. throughout on almost every page. ancient history. architecture. archaeoastronomy. astroarchaeology. ancient religion. archaeology. ancient egypt. middle east. islam. ancient art.~ This beautifully illustrated book presents the thousand~year drama which has centered on the mysteries of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. In a strong, suspenseful narrative Peter Tompkins recreates the adventures and explorations of the archeologists, treasure~hunters, soldiers, scientists, and eccentrics who have tunnelled into and studied the Pyramid over many centuries. He analyzes the various theories as to how and Why the Pyramid was built, its relation to other structures of antiquity, including Stonehenge, the ziggurats of Babylon, and other pyramids; and its influence on the fields of astronomy, astrology and the occult, geodesy, and history. The culmination is his fascinating presentation of the controversial theory that the Great Pyramid was constructed as a highly sophisticated scientific instrument, an exact scale model of the Northern Hemisphere, by an Egyptian culture far more advanced than is generally believed to have existed. This theory demonstrates, in addition, that the Pyramid incorporated the basic formulae of the universe, and Was designed to help man orient himself in the cosmos and to apply finite measurements to time, space, and the seasons. There is an appendix by Professor Livio Catullo Stecchini entitled "Notes on the Relations of Ancient Measures to the Great Pyramid," and a Glossary, Bibliography, and Index.

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Good, edges lightly spotted, in edgeworn dj. xv, [1], 416 p.: printed in sepia ink and profusely illus. in text; 26 cm. [First printed in 1971]. 12th printing edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. xv, [1], 416. many illus. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (short tear to back). First Edition.