Before the Pyramids: Cracking Archaeology's Greatest MysteryThis page-turning study of the Giza pyramids, British henges, and the megalithic measuring system “could completely change the way we view our remote past…and origins” (Robert G. Bauval, author of The Orion Mystery) The suggestion that the Giza pyramids were laid out to represent the stars of Orion’s belt, with the position of the River Nile reflecting the Milky Way, was first put forward by the renowned author Robert Bauval in his bestselling book The Orion Mystery. In Before the Pyramids, Christopher Knight and Alan Butler reveal that the British henges were arranged in the same formation—but much earlier. They also present irrefutable evidence that the astronomical calculations determining the layout of the pyramids could only have been made from the site of the henges in North Yorkshire. From this they can conclude that the pyramids of the pharaohs were conceived and planned in Britain. Their next stunning discovery takes us to modern times. They have found evidence that the whole Megalithic measuring system has survived into the 20th century. There are examples in Washington, DC—even in the positioning and construction of the Pentagon, which was only commenced in 1942 and is an exact copy of the dimensions of Stonehenge, dating to 3,000 BC. |
Contents
The Silent Stones Speak | |
The Circles of the | |
Giant Henges and Their Uses | |
The Founding Fathers | |
The Proportions of the Gods | |
The Planning of the Thornborough Henge Complex | |
Placing the Middle Henge | |
Fixing the Dogleg | |
Using the Megalithic Pendulum | |
The Minoan Foot and the Standard Foot | |
Estimating the Circumference of the Earth James Russell BSc C Eng M I E I | |
Searching for Sirius | |
Overturning Old Ideas | |
Squaring the Circle | |
Sailing to the Stars | |
Revelation in Rome | |
Celts Druids and Freemasonry | |
A New Jerusalem | |
The Megalithic System Explained | |
The Pentagon and the 32nd Degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry | |
The Centre of the District of Columbia | |
Thinking Styles and Academic Objectivity | |
Endnotes | |
Other editions - View all
Before the Pyramids: Cracking Archaeology's Greatest Mystery Christopher Knight No preview available - 2011 |
Before the Pyramids: Cracking Archaeology's Greatest Mystery [Standard Large ... Christopher Knight,Alan Butler No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
accurate Alan Alexander Thom Alnilam Alnitak ancient Egyptians appear archaeologists astronomical Britain builders building built Capitol central henge centre century ceremony Chris circumference Civilization Constans created cursuses distance Druids Earth east Egypt Ellipse engineer Enoch evidence exactly fact figure Freemasonry Freemasons geometry Giza Plateau Giza pyramids ground Hiram Key horizon idea important Jerusalem John Wood Khufu King King’s Circus knew Knight known latitude length Lincoln look Masonic Megalithic Degree megalithic measurements Megalithic Seconds megalithic system Megalithic Yard meridian Meridian Stone method metres Minoan Mintaka modern Monument Moon Mystery Neolithic original Orion correlation theory Orion’s Belt pendulum Pentagon planet planned pole rising ritual Robert Bauval Rosslyn Chapel Scottish Rite Second of arc sightrail Sirius Solomon’s solstice stars of Orion’s stone circle Stonehenge structures suggested Temple Thom’s Thornborough henges three stars triangle United Venus vertical Washington DC whilst