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9781594772719

The Sphinx Mystery

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  • ISBN13:

    9781594772719

  • ISBN10:

    1594772711

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-20
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions
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Summary

A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis- Includes an anthology of eyewitness accounts from early travelers who explored the secret chambers before they were sealed in 1926- Reveals that the Sphinx was originally carved as a monumental crouching Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god of the necropolisShrouded 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 ancientPyramid 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.

Author Biography

Robert Temple is visiting professor of the history and philosophy of science at Tsinghua University in Beijing, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and 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.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Introductionp. 5
Sphinx Obsessionp. 10
The "Secret Chamber" beneath the Sphinxp. 5
An Amazing Survivalp. 126
The Face of the Sphinxp. 158
The Sphinx as Anubisp. 196
Sphinx Islandp. 237
The Sphinx and the Giza Planp. 324
The Golden Angle of Resurrectionp. 381
Accounts of the Sphinx from Roman Times to 1837
Accounts of the Sphinx from Roman Times to 1798p. 444
Accounts of the Sphinx from 1800 to 1837p. 439
Excavations of Monsieur Mariette at the Great Sphinxp. 506
Concerning the Age of the Sphinx at Gizap. 509
Sphinxp. 518
A Description of Giambattista Caviglia's Excavation of the Sphinxp. 520
Scientific Visual Documentation of the Sphinxp. 525
Notesp. 537
Indexp. 555
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