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Giza: the Truth - Ian Lawton, Chris Ogilvie - Herald


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Giza: the Truth - Ian Lawton, Chris Ogilvie - Herald

 
Description: ISBN 1931229139 / Genre: History

Newest Review: ... not very scientific in their approach. Herald and Lawton are very scholarly in their approach; they give both sides of the ... more

 ... argument and sensibly come down on the orthodox side, but do lay the boot in when the orthodox boys tend to ignore tricky questions. But don’t that let that put the historical thrill-seeker off. This book is deeply interesting, it weaves through Victorian accounts from the people who opened the pyramids (and left their scars on them), such as Vyse and Petrie, and ponders on those tricky questions that some people wish weren’t there, such as how the Egyptians manages to get 100 tonne plus block several hundre...more

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Premium Review Giza: the Truth - Ian Lawton, Chris Ogilvie - Herald: Pyramids at their best (360 words)
by - written on 08/08/00 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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This book is seriously good. I agree completely with the blurb. If you are going to read one book on the subject of the Pyramids then make sure it is this one. I've read quite a few and have been to Egypt, because I'm quite into the Pyramids. I've read the unorthodox stuff of Hancock and Beauval and I've read the encyclopaedic “The Complete Pyramids” by Egyptologist Mark Lehner. Lehner is very dry and not for the uninitiated. Hancock and Beauval are not very scientific in their approach. Herald and Lawton are very scholarly in their approach; they give both sides of the argument and sensibly come down on the orthodox side, but do lay the boot ...  Read the complete review

 

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