Graham Hancock

Robert Bauval

Argues that the ancient structures at Giza may be much older than originally thought, and discusses a mysterious underground chamber recently detected beneath the Sphinx

A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind

The Message of the Sphinx

Adrian Geoffrey Gilbert

Drawing on more than a decade of research, this eye-opening account of one of the great mysteries of the ancient world links the construction of the pyramids and Egyptian religion to precise astronomical study. TV tie-in. 20,000 first printing.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids

The Orion Mystery

The authors of the bestselling Fingerprints of the Gods, The Sign and the Seal, and The Orion Mystery team up to posit a revolutionary theory: that the Sphinx and the other great Egyptian monuments are of prehistoric origina and that they are arranged in such a way as to be a giant stone "hologram, " sending a message to us from the silent past. 16 pp. of photos. 30 line drawings.

Thomas Brophy

"I'is evident to many of their colleagues that Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophy are the dynamic doo of independent Egypto ogists. They are to be commended for their scoarship and their dogged determination to present an honest assessment of historical events even if it flies in the face of conventional dogma."---Anthony T. Brownder, author and independent Egyptologist --Book Jacket.

Architect of the Cosmos

Imhotep the African

A great treasure hunt was initiated more than 4000 years ago... and it is about to reach a thrilling climax. In a major tour de force of historical sleuthing, and in the best tradition of The Orion Mystery and Keeper of Genesis, Robert Bauval takes us on a magic mystery tour of the past to lead us to the most dramatic and compelling event for the millennium.? Is there a secret chamber in the Great Pyramid or a Hall of Records under the Sphinx of Giza that await discovery? When will these be opened? And by whom?? What is the connection between the star Sirius and the gilded capstone that will be placed on the Great Pyramid at midnight on 31st December 1999?? What binds the Star of Bethlehem with this gilded capstone? And how does it link up with the cities of Paris and Washington DC and the New World Order of the Freemasons?? What does the Second Coming of Christ have to do with the opening of the fabled Hall of Records?? What lies beyond the `door' in the shaft of the Great Pyramid? And what is the true story behind its discovery? Secret Chamber is the culmination of Robert Bauval's fifteen years of investigation into the riddle of Giza. It is a voyage into the labyrinth of the collective unconscious through which runs a magical religion whose time may have finally come.

The Quest for the Hall of Records

Secret Chamber

An Exploration of Imhotep—Architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, High Priest of Ra, and Royal Astronomer—as Well as His Influence as the True Father of African Civilization. In this groundbreaking book, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian superstar, pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, Bauval and Brophy delve into observational astronomy to "decode" the alignments and other design features of the Step Pyramid Complex, to uncover the true origins and genius of Imhotep. Like a whodunit detective story they follow the clues that take them on an exhilarating magical mystery tour starting at Saqqara, leading them to temples in Upper Egypt and to the stones of Nabta Playa and the black African stargazers who placed them there.Imhotep the African describes how Imhotep was the ancient link to the birth of modern civilization, restoring him to his proper place at the center of the birthing of Egyptian, and world, civilization.

John Grigsby

First published in 1998 by Michael Joseph, this is an investigation into the true antiquity and origins of human civilisation. Was there life on Mars? Is there a link between the pyramids on Mars and in Egypt? What was the giant comet that killed Mars 20,000 years ago? What can we learn from the catastrophic history of our twin planet?

A Warning from History that Could Save Life on Earth

The Mars Mystery

Sacred Cities, Secret Faith

Talisman

Ahmed Osman

An examination of the cultural occupations of Egypt over the past two millennia and how we can return to the sacred harmony of ancient Egypt • Explores the golden civilization of ancient Egypt and its system of natural magic that birthed the Western Mystery tradition • Examines each phase of Egyptian history from the Pharaonic period, through the Roman conquest, to the ongoing Islamization • Provides a revised portrait of the life of Muhammad, revealing his connections to the Essene tradition Imagine the paradise of ancient Egypt: a lush green valley with a gentle river, full of animals and birds of all sizes. The first settlers, arriving by way of the desert, would have marveled at this beautiful landscape. This awe held on through the first three millennia of settlement in Egypt. Centered on careful observations of the natural rhythms of their environment, particularly the Nile, this enlightened civilization lived in a state of spiritual balance and harmony they called “living in Maat.” This state was further enhanced by the sacred landscape of Egypt and the colossal monuments and pyramids the Egyptians built to reflect the heavens, thus creating a cosmic “spiritual engine” for the ancient world. But sadly, the paradise and Maat of ancient Egypt were not to last, and for the past two thousand years Egypt has experienced many occupations by hostile forces bent on taking control of this magical land. Exploring the exemplary social and cultural model that produced the golden civilization of ancient Egypt as well as the many waves of conquest and destruction up to the present day, Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman examine each phase of Egyptian history from its origins and the Pharaonic period, through the Roman conquest and its Christianization, to the Pan-Arabization of Nasser and the ongoing Islamization that began with the Muslim caliphate in the 7th century. They show how the current Islamic rulers are actively working to eradicate all traces of Egypt’s spiritual roots, the source of the Western Mystery tradition. They provide a revised portrait of the life of Muhammad, revealing his connections to the Essene tradition, and explain how most Sharia Law is not based on the Koran. Revealing how even the dams built on the Nile are impeding Egypt’s sacred role, the authors sound the call for a return to the original tenets of Egyptian civilization, one that sustained itself in harmony and peaceful creativity for more than three millennia.

Restoring the Spiritual Engine of the World

The Soul of Ancient Egypt

The bestselling authors of The Secret of the Sphinx relate the extraordinary account of a longstanding conspiracy at the heart of Western civilization, the visual evidence of which surrounds us all. A talisman is an object with “meaning.” It is a potent symbol or icon that can fire the imagination and emotions of men and women anywhere, any time. It can be a small amulet, a ring, a flag, a statue, a monument, and even a whole city. Think of a wedding ring. Think of the Statue of Liberty or the collapsing Twin Towers of New York, or the toppling statue of Saddam Hussein. Think of the Wailing Wall. Think of Jerusalem. . . Talisman is a roller-coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world. The story takes us from Heliopolis to Luxor, Alexandria, Toulouse, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Washington DC, New York, and finally to the global pandemonium following September 11, 2001. It is a tale filled with romance and intrigue, heroism and faith, peopled by ancient Egyptian astronomer-priests, Christian Gnostics, Hermetic sages, learned Jews, Arab savants, Occitan counts, Cathar “perfects,” Knights Templar, Renaissance magi, Rosicrucian “invisibles,” Bavarian Illuminati, and Freemasons. Pivotal historical events and processes, not least the Renaissance, the birth of scientific rationalism, and the French and American Revolutions, are radically re-evaluated in the light of new investigative evidence presented for the first time in Talisman. Even the belief that the United States has a “global mission,” so obvious today, may ultimately prove to be less the result of a short-term reaction to terrorism than the inevitable working out of a covert plan originally set in motion almost 2000 years ago. With its eye-catching amazing revelations, extensive documentation, and all-encompassing theories, Talisman will ensure that its readers will never look at the world in the same way.

Talisman is a roller-coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world. The story takes us from Heliopolis to Luxor, Alexandria, Toulouse, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Washington DC, New York, and finally to the global pandemonium following 9/11/2001. It is a tale filled with romance and intrigue, heroism and faith, peopled by ancient Egyptian astronomer priests, Christian Gnostics, Hermetic sages, learned Jews, Arab savants, Occitan Counts, Cathar 'perfecti', Knights Templar, Renaissance magi, Rosicrucian 'invisibles', Bavarian Illuminati and Freemasons. An amazing new quest.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two Egypt experts posit a revolutionary theory: The Sphinx and other great Egyptian monuments are older than common history books tell us and are arranged in such a way as to send us a message from the silent past. Guardian of the ancient mysteries, the keeper of secrets . . . For thousands of years the Great Sphinx of Egypt has gazed toward the east, its eyes focused on eternity, reading a message in the stars that mankind has long forgotten. And today as our civilization stands poised at the end of a great cycle, it is a message that beckons insistently to be understood. All the clues are in place. Geology and archeo-astronomy have already indicated that the lion-bodied Sphinx may be vastly older than Egyptologists currently believe, dating not from 2500 B.C., but from 10,500 B.C.—the beginning of the astrological Age of Leo. And we now know that the three pyramids of Giza, standing on high ground half a mile to the west of the Sphinx, are in fact a precise map of the three stars of Orion’s belt, formed in fifteen million tons of solid stone. Are these monuments trying to tell us something? And, if so, what? In The Message of the Sphinx, Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock present a tour de force of historical and scientific detective work that unravels the millennial code embodied in these structures. Using sophisticated computer simulations of ancient skies, they unravel the riddle of the Sphinx, and they present a startling new theory concerning the enigmatic Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian scriptures. Their discoveries lead the authors to this question: Does mankind have a rendezvous with destiny—a rendezvous not in the future, but in the distant past, at a precise place and time? The secrets can be kept no longer. The Message of the Sphinx brings them to light.

Dagmar Jeurissen

een spannende speurtocht naar de ware herkomst van de Egyptische beschaving

De Afrikaanse oorsprong van de farao's

Adrian Gilbert

Hace casi dos décadas Robert Bauval, un ingeniero interesado en la egiptología, llegó a una sorprendente conclusión que ha significado la teoría más revolucionaria de los últimos tiempos en lo que se refiere al conocimiento de la civilización egipcia. Dicha teoría afirma que la disposición de las tres pirámides de la meseta de Gizeh corresponden a las tres estrellas que forman el llamado cinturón de Orión en la constelación del mismo nombre. Este descubrimiento sorprendente lleva aparejado el hecho crucial de que, por tanto, las pirámides fueron planificadas y construidas como un conjunto según un diseño único, y no como hasta ahora se creía. A pesar de que esta tesis significa un replanteamiento prácticamente total de lo que se sabía de la civilización faraónica y que, por tanto, ha encontrado lógicas resistencias, la realidad es que cada vez más egiptólogos y estudiosos han dado validez a las investigaciones de Bauval por las aplastantes pruebas que aporta. Dichas investigaciones vieron por primera vez la luz en esta obra que ahora se reedita precisamente por la actualidad, eco e interés que la llamada Teoría de Orión está despertando en todos los amantes de la atrayente civilización egipcia. "Cautivador y fascinante, la forma de presentar sus conclusiones está planteada claramente y de forma convincente, un libro que no podrá dejar de leer" (Sunday Times)

El misterio de Orión

Robert M. Schoch

New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought • Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch’s water weathering research and Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory • Examines how the Sphinx is contemporaneous with Göbekli Tepe, aligned with the constellation Leo, and was recarved during the Old Kingdom era of Egypt • Reveals that the Sphinx was built during the actual historical Golden Age of ancient Egypt, the period known in legend as Zep Tepi No other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of Giza. It has survived the harsh climate of Egypt for thousands of years and will remain long after our own civilization is gone. According to orthodox Egyptology, the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE as a memorial to the pharaoh Khafre. Yet this “fact” has scant to no supportive evidence. When was the Sphinx really built and, most importantly, why? In this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by a long forgotten pre-Pharaonic civilization. They examine the known history of the Sphinx, contrasting what Egyptologists claim with prominent historical accounts and new research, including updates to Schoch’s geological water weathering research and reanalysis of seismic studies. Building on Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory, they investigate the archaeoastronomical alignments of the monuments of the Giza Plateau and reveal how the pyramids and Sphinx were built to align with the constellations of Orion and Leo. Analyzing the evidence for a significantly older construction phase at Giza and the restoration and recarving of the Sphinx during the Old Kingdom era, they assert that the Sphinx was first built by an advanced pre-Pharaonic civilization that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe complex. The authors examine how the monuments at Giza memorialize Zep Tepi, the Golden Age of legend shown here to be an actual historical time period from roughly 10,500 BCE through 9700 BCE. Moving us closer to an understanding of the true age and purpose of the Great Sphinx, Schoch and Bauval provide evidence of an early high civilization witnessed by the Great Sphinx before the end of the last ice age.

Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

Origins of the Sphinx

A roller coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world.

Chiara Hohenzollern

Reveals how the largest Sun Temple in the world, built according to Hermetic principles, is located at one of Christianity’s holiest sites: the Vatican • Shows how famous Renaissance philosophers and scientists called for a Hermetic reformation of Christianity by building a magical Temple of the Sun in Rome • Explains how the Vatican architect Bernini designed St. Peter’s Square to reflect heliocentric and Hermetic principles • Reveals how the design was masterminded by Bernini, Jesuit scholars, the mystical Queen Christine of Sweden, and several popes In 16th century Italy, in the midst of the Renaissance, two powerful movements took hold. The first, the Hermetic Movement, was inspired by an ancient set of books housed in the library of Cosimo de’ Medici and written by the Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus. The movement expounded the return of the “true religion of the world” based on a form of natural magic that could draw down the powers of the heavens and incorporate them into statues and physical structures. The other movement, the Heliocentric Movement launched by Copernicus, was a direct challenge to the Vatican’s biblical interpretation of a geocentric world system. Declared a heresy by the Pope, those who promoted it risked the full force of the Inquisition. Exploring the meeting point of these two movements, authors Robert Bauval and Chiara Hohenzollern reveal how the most outspoken and famous philosophers, alchemists, and scientists of the Renaissance, such as Giordano Bruno and Marsilio Ficino, called for a Hermetic reformation of the Christian religion by building a magical utopic city, an architectural version of the heliocentric system. Using contemporary documents and the latest cutting-edge theses, the authors show that this Temple of the Sun was built in Rome, directly in front of the Vatican’s Basilica of St. Peter. They explain how the Vatican architect Bernini designed St. Peter’s Square to reflect the esoteric principles of the Hermetica and how the square is a detailed representation of the heliocentric system. Revealing the magical architectural plan masterminded by the Renaissance’s greatest minds, including Bernini, Jesuit scholars, Queen Christine of Sweden, and several popes, the authors expose the ultimate heresy of all time blessed by the Vatican itself.

Bernini and the Building of the Hermetic Temple of the Sun

The Vatican Heresy

Le Grand Sphinx de Guizeh cherche-t-il à délivrer aux hommes un message depuis longtemps oublié ? Grâce à une simulation informatique de la carte du ciel des temps anciens, Robert Bauval a brisé le code astronomique caché dans l'alignement des trois pyramides de Guizeh : elles forment une image précise de la position des étoiles du Baudrier d'Orion en... 10500 avant J.-C. Or cette révélation va à l'encontre des théories admises par les égyptologues orthodoxes quant à la conception de ces monuments. Robert Bauval et Graham Hancock posent alors des questions troublantes : d'où viennent les marques d'érosion sur le Grand Sphinx ? Quelles preuves a-t-on que ces monuments ont bien été conçus par les pharaons, alors qu'ils exigent des compétences techniques qui les dépassaient ? Que cache la mystérieuse porte tout récemment découverte dans un conduit abandonné de la Grande Pyramide ? Si l'on se réfère aux textes des Anciens relatifs au " Premier Temps " de la civilisation égyptienne, selon lesquels une caste de " gardiens " apporta la connaissance à l'humanité, à faut alors envisager une toute nouvelle hypothèse : le sphinx et les pyramides dessineraient une véritable " carte du trésor " qui devrait nous révéler les secrets des origines...

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