The Crystal Sun: The Most Secret Science of the Ancient World - Couverture rigide

Temple, Robert K.G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0712678883 ISBN 13 : 9780712678889

Editeur : Century, 2000

Synopsis

Archaeologists have always insisted that ancient lenses never existed. Temple's detective work began when he discovered an artefact in the British Museum, believed to be plain rock crystal. He discovered it had been ground to form a lens and proved the true age of optical surveying techniques.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Archaeologists have always insisted most strenuously that ancient lenses never existed and could not exist. Robert Temple's real-life detective story started when he investigated an ancient artefact in the British Museum, formally believed to be a piece of rock crystal, proved that it had been ground to form a lens. He then went on to discover artefacts from around the world, including Greece, Egypt and some excavated from the ruins of Troy which has been misidentified, in some cases merely as jewellery. Tying in these artefacts with references in overlooked or misinterpreted ancient texts, he began to realise that these lenses had in many cases been used as telescopes. Also, to the ancients the bringing down from heaven of light to form fire - another function of these lenses - was a great mystery - perhaps the greatest. They thought they were nearly touching God. The priests who guarded the secrets of the sacred technology encoded it in myths, such as the eye of Cyclops, the eye of Horus and Prometheus myth; here Robert Temple deconstructs these myths to reveal their true esoteric meaning for the first time. Finally, he shows that because the ancient had access to telescopes, they were able to construct monuments such as the pyramids and Stonehenge according to astronomical/astrological lines, which many people have long believed but which academics have always insiste

Revue de presse

“The focus is as wide, and as deep, as civilization itself.” – Sunday Times

“Robert Temple’s fascinating book should be read by all who have an interest in the history of science, and may well cause a revolution in this subject.” – Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Century
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712678883
• ISBN 13: 9780712678889
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible