When reading the book ‘The Sirius Connection’ by Murry Hope I came upon an item that dealt with the colour of eyes as found in early Egyptian statues which I [ … ]
Category: Book/Page Notes
The Lines by Edward Ranney (Yale University Art Gallery)
The following is an extract about the book The Lines as it appears on the Amazon website: Edward Ranney (b. 1942) is one of the most distinguished photographers of the [ … ]
The Ancient Human Conspiracy by J.D. Gray
In a Kindle edition book, The Ancient Human Conspiracy, J.D.Gray compiles a list of instances in the chapter on ancient history where it appears as if humans existed on the [ … ]
Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt by Brien Foerster
In his book, Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt’, which looks at a variety of features across Egypt that suggest traces of technology in ancient times, Brien Foerster refers to two [ … ]
Floating Stones by Samuel Sampson and Michael Read
The book, written by Samuel Sampson and Michael Read, describes the conflict between between the acknowledged magnificence of the Great Pyramid, how giant monoliths were lifted to the upper levels [ … ]
Celtic Cross as a Navigational Device
When I first came across the idea that the Celtic Cross may have been a navigational device I was stunned by the potential observational accuracy of the idea and amazed [ … ]
Megalithic Yard and a Circle of 366 degrees
In their book ‘Before The Pyramids’, Christopher Knight and Alan Butler refer to the work of Alexander Thom who proposed the idea of there being a megalithic yard used consistently [ … ]
Electrical Devices Found in the Great Pyramid?
In his capacity as an engineer, Chris Dunn, in his book, ‘The Giza Power Plant’, wrote some very interesting ideas about the Great Pyramid. Unfortunately, toward the end of the [ … ]
Natron in Preserving Mummies and Ancient Faience
Natron worked to preserve the mummy in 3 ways: Dried the moisture in the flesh thereby inhibiting the growth of bacteria Degreased — removed moisture-filled fat cells Served as a [ … ]
Counterweight Block used in Pyramid’s Grand Gallery
In their book, ‘The Secret of the Great Pyramid, Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin lead us to their ides that the Great Pyramid was built with an internal ramp with [ … ]
Notes of the Pyramids from ‘Egyptian Dawn’ by Robert Temple
In his book, ‘Egyptian Dawn’, Robert Temple explains his idea that the layout for the pyramids on the Giza plateau was set out and initiated by their requirement to have [ … ]
Prospect of additional chambers in Great Pyramid
John Desalvo, in his book ‘Decoding the Pyramids’, has brought together a number of aspects of research found sporadically in work by others authors (pages 42 – 43), and which [ … ]
Luminescence and dating the construction of megalithic buildings
Is the method of luminescence, or exposure dating, one that can be, or has been, usefully applied to megalithic buildings, particularly those incorporating stone of high quartz content, the granite in the [ … ]
The Serdab at Saqqara
In his book, ‘The Egypt Code’, Robert Bauval refers to the Serdab located outside the north face of Djoser’s step pyramid at Saqqara. I hadn’t come across a Serdab before. [ … ]
The Sky, Order and Chaos
The following is an extract from a book called The Sky, Order and Chaos by Jean-Pierre Verdet and Anthony Zielonka which surmises and describes many aspects of wonder that our [ … ]
Angels, Watchers and the Grooved Ware People
In the Book, ‘Uriel’s Machine’ authors Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas discuss the Book of Enoch and its references to ‘Angels’ and ‘Watchers’. They point out the confusion of differentiation [ … ]