{"title":"Robert Bauval","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Bauval explores the mysteries of ancient civilisations with a focus on historical and archaeological enigmas. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eImhotep the African\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOrigins of the Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e, offer intriguing perspectives on the origins and cultural significance of monumental structures within ancient Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the intersection of history, architecture, and mythology will find Bauval’s writing both thought-provoking and richly detailed. His books invite contemplation of the enduring legacies left by early societies and their impact on the course of human history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"origins-of-the-sphinx-by-robert-m-schoch-9781620555255","title":"Origins of the Sphinx","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrigins of the Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research, including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch’s water weathering research and Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines how the Sphinx is contemporaneous with Göbekli Tepe, aligned with the constellation Leo, and was recarved during the Old Kingdom era of Egypt. It reveals that the Sphinx was built during the actual historical Golden Age of ancient Egypt, the period known in legend as Zep Tepi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of Giza. It has survived the harsh climate of Egypt for thousands of years and will remain long after our own civilisation is gone. According to orthodox Egyptology, the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE as a memorial to the pharaoh Khafre. Yet this “fact” has scant to no supportive evidence. When was the Sphinx really built and, most importantly, why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by a long forgotten pre-Pharaonic civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey examine the known history of the Sphinx, contrasting what Egyptologists claim with prominent historical accounts and new research, including updates to Schoch’s geological water weathering research and reanalysis of seismic studies. Building on Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory, they investigate the archaeoastronomical alignments of the monuments of the Giza Plateau and reveal how the pyramids and Sphinx were built to align with the constellations of Orion and Leo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the evidence for a significantly older construction phase at Giza and the restoration and recarving of the Sphinx during the Old Kingdom era, they assert that the Sphinx was first built by an advanced pre-Pharaonic civilisation that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors examine how the monuments at Giza memorialise Zep Tepi, the Golden Age of legend shown here to be an actual historical time period from roughly 10,500 BCE through 9700 BCE. Moving us closer to an understanding of the true age and purpose of the Great Sphinx, Schoch and Bauval provide evidence of an early high civilisation witnessed by the Great Sphinx before the end of the last ice age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000696324332,"sku":"9781620555255","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27228993482764.jpg?v=1763298265"},{"product_id":"imhotep-the-african-by-robert-bauval-9781938875007","title":"Imhotep the African","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eImhotep the African\u003c\/em\u003e, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, the ancient Egyptian superstar, a pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, Bauval and Brophy delve into observational astronomy to 'decode' the alignments and other design features of the Step Pyramid Complex, uncovering the true origins and genius of Imhotep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike a whodunit detective story, they follow clues that take them on an exhilarating magical mystery tour starting at Saqqara. This journey leads them to temples in Upper Egypt and the stones of Nabta Playa, and to the black African stargazers who placed them there. These Nabta Playa \"star peoples\" are intimately linked with the rise of Egyptian civilisation, both physically in time and space and culturally through ritual, astronomy, and symbol. The authors show how the first Great Pyramid monumentalises in giant stone the link to their precursor peoples and culture, and the genius polymath behind the Djoser Step Pyramid: Imhotep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImhotep the African\u003c\/em\u003e describes how Imhotep was the ancient link to the birth of modern civilisation, restoring him to his proper place at the centre of the birthing of Egyptian and world civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A few kilometres outside the modern city of Cairo, on a large, flat elevation at the edge of the Sahara overlooking the Nile, is the world's very first architectural complex. Nearly 5000 years old, the centrepiece of this mindboggling complex is a huge stepped pyramid surrounded by strange temple-like structures, all contained inside a giant perimeter wall whose length is more than 1500 metres. Aligned conspicuously towards the four cardinal directions, the whole mood of this strange place evokes, for lack of better words, 'sacred architecture' or, perhaps more aptly, 'sacred astronomy'. No doubt something extremely potent took place here, certainly rituals of the highest order which somehow involved the cycles of the celestial bodies as seen through the eyes of a holy man or shaman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmazingly, when one considers the extreme antiquity of this complex, Egyptologists know for sure who conceived it: Imhotep, the High Priest of Heliopolis and Vizier of King Netjerykhet-Djoser of the 3rd Dynasty in c. 2650 BC.\" - From the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536696164588,"sku":"9781938875007","price":68.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781938875007-imhotep-the-african.jpg?v=1776386187"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/robert-bauval.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}