Robert Bauval

This fascinating archaeological detective story argues that the great pyramids of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty were astronomically oriented temples, rather than the pharaonic tombs depicted by conventional Egyptology. Bauval cites the tantalizing discovery of “airshafts” in the Great Pyramid in an extended analysis of their purpose, concluding that these shafts coincide with the key stars of Orion, a constellation that had religious significance for the Egyptians.

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