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A fascinating look into the real history of the ancient civilisations, including revelatory new evidence which challenges accepted truths about the history of Egypt
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The mysteries of ancient Egypt have proved an endless source of fascination to the world. Here, for the first time, international bestselling author Robert Temple seeks to reveal the real history of this ancient civilisation's puzzling origins and in so doing calls into question accepted truths about the early history of Egypt.
With unprecedented access to lost portions of the Valley Temple which have long been closed to archaeologists, Temple presents a sensational, reconstructed story of this fascinating society. By exploring the many paths to the truth in the story of ancient Egypt, Egyptian Dawn establishes:
That the Great Pyramid could not have been built by King Cheops.
The exact locations of seven intact royal tombs of the Old Kingdom period which currently await opening at Giza, and the true purpose and plan of the Giza Plateau and its three main pyramids.
The existence of the world's largest megalithic ring and astronomical observatory in North Africa and its possible connection with the pyramids.
That the Valley Temple of Giza is riddled with previously unreported passages and chambers, which Robert Temple presents here for the first time.
The true date of the mysterious 'Tomb of Osiris', which lies 114 feet beneath the Giza Plateau.
By re-dating key monuments using a revolutionary new technique, together with stunning never-before-seen images which have been meticulously photographed and documented, Temple provides solid evidence to support his findings whilst exposing the antiquities forgers who faked much of the data for Old Kingdom chronology. Egyptian Dawn is unlike any other book before it, and is supported by many supplementary photos on its website www.egyptiandawn.info
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book has some really interesting ideas, and Robert Temple seems to have managed to obtain unprecedented access to some of the lesser known sites at Giza (the Osiris Shaft being one I was particularly interested in). However where this book then falls down is that he does only a brief study of this amazing place, and then spends most of the rest of the chapter either complaining about the conditions he had to work in, or talking about what should be done to investigate the site further (by persons unknown...)
The rest of the book continues in a similar vein - some interesting investigations that were not followed through (pottery shards not examined as this would have meant him working in a warm warehouse for a number of hours, stones unturned because he didn't have the correct tools). Lots of theories and ideas, mostly challenging the "accepted" chronologies, backed up by research from other authors (he mentions on a few occasions buying libraries from well-known egyptologists) and a new dating technique which seems to be largely untested.
One thing I did find really difficult about this book is that it is clearly not designed to be read as a standalone as it constantly refers to his previous works, the websites he has set up for his books, and even to future, unpublished works. Reading this, as I was, on holiday with no access to the internet or a bookshop, meant I was not follow some of the theories he mentioned.
Generally I was frustrated by his tone and the book poses more questions than it answers; won't be reading any of his other stuff I'm afraid.
The rest of the book continues in a similar vein - some interesting investigations that were not followed through (pottery shards not examined as this would have meant him working in a warm warehouse for a number of hours, stones unturned because he didn't have the correct tools). Lots of theories and ideas, mostly challenging the "accepted" chronologies, backed up by research from other authors (he mentions on a few occasions buying libraries from well-known egyptologists) and a new dating technique which seems to be largely untested.
One thing I did find really difficult about this book is that it is clearly not designed to be read as a standalone as it constantly refers to his previous works, the websites he has set up for his books, and even to future, unpublished works. Reading this, as I was, on holiday with no access to the internet or a bookshop, meant I was not follow some of the theories he mentioned.
Generally I was frustrated by his tone and the book poses more questions than it answers; won't be reading any of his other stuff I'm afraid.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Temple is rather full of himself. He tends to give the impression of being a bit of an iconoclast, with views and indeed facts that completely upset the present academic archaeological establishment with regard to dating. By a few hundred years - yes, perhaps. However, the system of dating stone (optical thermoluminescence) which seems to form the basis of Temple's conclusions is itself unproven and relatively unknown. Nevertheless, Temple appears to use its results as if they were incontrovertible - despite the fact that better known and well-tried methods (albeit involving organic matter) such as radio carbon dating have been found to be inaccurate in many cases. Temple moreover makes absolutely no reference whatsover in his book to the work done by others such as Chris Dunn (engineer & technologist), Dr. Robert Schoch (geologist), Hancock and Antony West (Egyptologist and seasoned traveller in historical byways as well as highways) - people who were questioning the accepted conclusions of orthodox Egyptologists long before Temple's book appeared in print. Temple does not pay very much attention to the technology and meticulous engineering of the locations and artifacts which are mentioned in the book - and he has an alarming tendency to spend rather too much time justifying why such and such an orthodox idea cannot be correct even though it is already clear to most sane and informed people that it isn't. One gets the impression, unfortunately, that Temple does not wish to wholly alienate the establishment in this field by deviating TOO much from the accepted norm. He ridicules the idea of anything happening in Egypt of any importance at or around 10,000 B.C. - a reference to the Edgar Cayce readings. Yet he is quite ready to place absolute faith in a method of dating stone (sic) which is not as far as I am aware accepted as yet by the scientific establishment. It would endear me to Temple a little more if he at least paid his respects to predecessors who have spent at least as much time and pains examining in detail the engineering and technology of stone artifacts and giving a perfectly reasoned and acceptable argument as to why these things could not have been created within the time scale of the established Egyptological establishment or indeed that of Temple. In short, a well-researched book, with nice photos (nothing particularly unusual) but not UNDULY questioning of established assumptions and irritating in the amount of space it gives to them.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For several decades, Robert Temple has been driven by a inner force which keeps pushing him to find out what was really happening on this planet before written history. In his 14th book, Egyptian Dawn, he reveals amazing discoveries made on and under the Gizeh plateau, which should clearly bring thinking Egyptologists to revise their theories about who built the Pyramids there and when they did it. One of his most amazing achievements was to have obtained official access to the various monuments in order to conduct dating experiments using new optical methods. (see "Optical dating" on Wikipedia). His results are likely to bring him "aggro" from all sides; from straight Egyptologists who will find the dates too old but also from alternative researchers who are likely to find them too recent. But facts are facts, unless of course you bend them or ignore them! Other major revelations are : the positioning of seven underground chambers placed underneath the Egyptian temples on the plateau; the existence of massive stones blocks hewn from minerals unknown in the area; the incredible technological gap between Northern and Southern Egypt during the Ancient Empire; the existence of a 1st dynasty pyramid made from mud bricks; proof of Howard Vyse's forgery of Cheop's name in the Great Pyramid... As usual, Temple's research is thorough and he brings together many pieces of the puzzle which have been left lying in corners. Of course, this book leaves many questions unanswered as does all pionneering work, but it makes us ask questions which we may never have thought of. Once I had started it, I was unable to put it down even though it is rather heavy ! I am now waiting for the next book and hoping that Robert Temple will keep fighting against what he calls "consensus blindness" which has a terrible tendency to blurr everyone's vision.
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egyptian dawn
Interesting subject matter, but it had me yawning with the detail. In fact, I haven't finished the book. Perhaps I'm better with a good whodunit these days.
Published 19 months ago by mike
mixed!
What worries me most about this book is Temple's reference to his previous works including one in which he apparently concluded aliens were involved - others have commented upon... Read more
Published 19 months ago by margaretanne
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