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Riddles of the Sphinx (Paperback)

by Paul Jordan (Author), John Ross (Photographer)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (24 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750922443
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750922449
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 250,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #38 in  Books > History > Archaeology > Theory
    #40 in  Books > History > Countries & Regions > Africa > Northern > Egypt > Ancient
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The great Sphinx of Giza, thought to date from 2500BC, has been an object of curiosity since ancient times. In relating the story of archaeological exploration of this giant monument, the author assesses the theories surrounding it and describes the nature of the world in which it was created. This large volume is lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs, many in colour. (Kirkus UK)

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This work tells the story of the Great Sphinx of Giza as egyptology has uncovered it. The author details the Sphinx's impact on the ancient world, on Arab writers, on Renaissance travellers, on the pioneers of Egyptology and on modern scholarship. He tells the story of the Sphinx's many bouts of excavation and restoration and above all, puts the Sphinx in the context of all that is known about ancient Egyptian history and religion. Some 20th-century writers have promoted ideas about the Sphinx's immense antiquity and its creation by a lost super-civilization to send messages of doom to our own times. This book is intended as an "antidote" to such theories, exposing the flaws in the arguments of these writings and offering an account of what Egyptologies have found out about the Sphinx for real. Illustrated throughout, the text examines every aspect of the Sphinx, including modern claims by a professional geologist regarding its age, and provides an accessible overview of the issues and debates surrounding it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, 21 Jun 2005
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This book claims to be authoritative in its field and to be an "antidote" to "high-flown theories" recently promulgated on Egyptian Antiquity. It might have been more convincing had it been half as well argued as the books it criticises. This book seems to rely upon assurances of "painstaking research of many years" which somehow, not revealed by this book, supports what has become the traditional theories. Frankly, a book that seems to be inspired by the hysteria of people who have believed and built careers upon so much dogma for so long they cannot conceive of any alternative. A very unscientific and disappointing book.
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