The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis Tapa blanda - 2009
de Robert Temple; Olivia Temple (With)
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ANCIENT MYSTERIES / EGYPT "The true mysteries of the Sphinx, both hidden and forgotten, are brilliantly exposed in this compelling book by Robert and Olivia Temple. They have uncovered hard data revealing the manipulation and misinterpretation that dominate this area of Egyptology. Their use of solid evidence, textual and photographic, make their case unarguable." --Michael Baigent, coauthor of Holy Blood, Holy Grail and author of The Jesus Papers Shrouded in mystery for centuries, the Sphinx of Giza has frustrated many who have attempted to discover its original purpose. Accounts exist of the Sphinx as an oracle, as a king's burial chamber, and as a temple for initiation into the Hermetic Mysteries. Egyptologists have argued for decades about whether there are secret chambers underneath the Sphinx, why the head-to-body ratio is out of proportion, and whose face adorns it. In The Sphinx Mystery, Robert Temple addresses the many mysteries of the Sphinx. He presents eyewitness accounts, published over a period of 281 years, of people who saw the secret chambers and even went inside them before they were sealed in 1926--accounts that had been forgotten until the author rediscovered them. He also describes his own exploration of a tunnel at the rear of the Sphinx, perhaps used for obtaining sacred divinatory dreams. Robert Temple reveals that the Sphinx was originally a monumental Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god, and that its face is that of a Middle Kingdom pharaoh, Amenemhet II, which was a later re-carving. In addition, he provides photographic evidence of ancient sluice gate traces to demonstrate that, during the Old Kingdom, the Sphinx as Anubis sat surrounded by a moat filled with water--called Jackal Lake in the ancient Pyramid Texts--where religious ceremonies were held. He also provides evidence that the exact size and position of the Sphinx were geometrically determined in relation to the pyramids of Cheops and Chephren and that it was part of a pharaonic resurrection cult. ROBERT TEMPLE is a visiting professor of the history and philosophy of science at Tsinghua University in Beijing, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a member of the Egypt Exploration Society, Royal Historical Society, Institute of Classical Studies, and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. He is the author of 12 books, including The Sirius Mystery, Oracles of the Dead, and The Genius of China. He and his wife, Olivia, also translated Aesop: The Complete Fables. They live in England.
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- Título The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis
- Autor Robert Temple; Olivia Temple (With)
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Original
- Páginas 576
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont
- Fecha de publicación 2009-01
- ISBN 9781594772719 / 1594772711
- Peso 2 libras (0.91 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.9 x 6 x 1.5 pulgadas (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Great Sphinx (Egypt), Anubis (Egyptian deity)
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2008045901
- Dewey Decimal Code 932
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