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Imhotep the African : architect of the cosmos / by Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophy.
LIBRA DT85 .B37 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bauval, Robert, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imhotep, active 2667 B.C.-2648 B.C.
- Imhotep.
- Egypt--Civilization.
- Egypt.
- Pyramids.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newburyport : Disinformation Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- "In this ground-breaking book, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, and 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."--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Chapter one: The City of the Sun: Imhotep and Heliopolis
- El Massalah
- The bird of creation and the marking of time
- The Sothic Cycle
- Zep Tepi
- the "first time"
- The mound of creation
- The Giza Mound
- Chaprer two: Architect of the Cosmos: Notions of the cosmos
- Memphis
- the white wall
- The Mokattam quarries
- Prussian barons and eccentric Englishmen
- Netjerykhet and Djoser
- The Lepsius expedition
- The "Black Box" of Imhotep
- Seshat
- our Lady of the Stars
- A pedestal with no statue
- A complex on the scale of a city
- Chaper three: A time machine in stone: Hallowed ground
- The source of the Nile Flood
- The famine stele
- Astral rebirth
- becoming an Akh
- Remote ancestors
- In the manner of ancient times
- The cosmic connection
- Strange synchronicity
- Chapter four: The Star Temple of the Sahara: A proto-temple in the desert
- Coordinates and directions
- Alignments to Sirius and the Big Dipper
- Cattle cult
- Water from the sky
- Chapter five: Black-skinned ancestors: The search for Imhotep's tomb
- The Armant Expedition
- The souls of Nekhen
- Point of contact
- Nubia today
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-272)
- ISBN:
- 9781938875007
- 1938875001
- OCLC:
- 841893730
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