The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind

Hancock, Graham;Bauval, Robert

ISBN 10: 0517705036 / ISBN 13: 9780517705032

Edité par Crown Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1996

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Moderate cover, edge wear, crease. Pages very good. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval posit that the Sphinx and the other monuments of the necropolis at Giza are actually an analog - astrotheological monuments - of the constellations as they appeared in the year 10,500 B.C.E., thus making these structures three times as old as they are commonly believed to be. Several photo plates. Illustrations throughout. 362 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 011357

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Titre : The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the ...

Éditeur : Crown Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 1996

Reliure : Soft cover

Etat : Very Good

Edition : First American Edition.

Type de livre : Book

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Synopsis :

Book by GRAHAM HANCOCK ROBERT BAUVAL

Biographie de l'auteur:

Graham Hancock was formerly East Africa Correspondent for The Economist and covered the Ogaden war between Somalia and Ethiopia for the London Sunday Times.  His books include African Ark:  Peoples of the Horn, the widely acclaimed Lords of Poverty, which earned the 1990 H.L. Mencken Award (honorable mention) for an outstanding book of journalism,  The Sign and the Seal (Crown, 1992), the international bestseller that documented his real-life quest for the lost Ark of the Covenant, and the recent number-one bestseller, Fingerprints of the Gods (Crown 1995).

Hancock has recently appeared on the NBC special "The Mysterious Origins of Man" and on the CBS special "Mysteries of the Millennium."  He has also appeared on television with Michael Palin in his "Pole to Pole" series, the BBC and CNN, as well as the National Geographic's "Explorer" series in stories related to The Sign and the Seal.

Robert Bauval is a construction engineer with a long-standing interest in the astronomy of the pyramids, having lived in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East for much of his life.  He has appeared on national television several times including ABC-TV's "Prime Time Live" and NBC-TV's "The Mysterious Origins of Man."  His first book The Orion Mystery was a number-one bestseller in the United Kingdom.
From the Hardcover edition.