Origins of the Sphinx : Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

Schoch, Robert M./ Bauval, Robert

Inner Traditions Bear and Company（2017/05発売）

Inner Traditions Bear and Company（2017/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 528 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781620555255
• DDC分類 932.2

Full Description

In 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 civilization. They 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. Analyzing 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 civilization that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe complex.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface
Robert M. Schoch

ONE
The Great Paradox
Robert Bauval

TWO
The Sands of Time
Robert M. Schoch

THREE
Khafre: To Be or Not To Be?
Robert Bauval

FOUR
A Case of Mistaken Identity?
Robert Bauval

FIVE
Horus Who Dwells in the Horizon
Robert Bauval

SIX
The Place Where the Gods Are Born
Robert Bauval

SEVEN
The Writing on the Wall
Robert M. Schoch

Epilogue
Robert M. Schoch

Appendix 1
The "Paradigm Police" and the Upside-Down Worldview of an Authoritative "Expert"
Robert Bauval

Appendix 2
The Orion Correlation Theory: Can It Be Falsified?
Robert Bauval

Appendix 3
The Ancient Egyptians and the Zodiacal Constellation of Leo
Robert Bauval

Appendix 4
The Sacred Mounds of the Memphite Region
Robert Bauval

Appendix 5
Text of the Dream Stela
Translation by J. H. Breasted, 1906

Appendix 6
Redating the Great Sphinx of Giza: The Original 1992 Paper
Robert M. Schoch

Appendix 7
Geological Evidence Pertaining to the Age of the Great Sphinx, Including Replies to the Critics
Robert M. Schoch

Appendix 8
Was the Great Sphinx Surrounded by a Moat? Was the Sphinx Originally Anubis?
Robert M. Schoch

Appendix 9
Controversies concerning the End of the Last Ice Age
Robert M. Schoch

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index