Chapter I. The Astronomical Theory : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 1 THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID CHAPTER I THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY THE GREEKS of the time of Alexander the Great were so impressed with the magnitude or splendour of certain edifices, that they...
Appendix I : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 94 APPENDIX I The following is Dr. Sprenger's account (taken from Arab and Syrian sources) of Seth and Hermes, in connection with the Pyramids of Ghizeh. He says (as quoted by Col. Vyse in the 2nd vol. of his...
Note : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 92 NOTE ONE of the most curious series of relations found by the Pyramidists is connected with the Great Coffer, or sarcophagus, of the King's Chamber. John Taylor and his followers assert that this coffer is...
Title Page : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID BY C. STANILAND WAKE AUTHOR OF "THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY," &c., &c. LONDON: REEVES showing the terminus of the carriage-drive which connects Cairo with...
Appendix Ii : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 98 APPENDIX II MASOUDI, who died in the year 967 A.D., professes to relate the Coptic tradition, which says, "that Surid * Ben Shaluk Ben Sermuni Ben Termidun Ben Tedresan Ben Sal, one of the kings of Egypt...
Chapter V. Seth And Serpent Worship : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 70 CHAPTER V SETH AND SERPENT WORSHIP THE association of the name of the god Seth with the Great Pyramid--a structure which appears to embody or to bear a relation to the chief scientific truths recognised by...
Chapter Ii. Early Egyptian Civilization : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 20 CHAPTER II EARLY EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION NOTWITHSTANDING the religious object of the erection of the Great Pyramid, there is no ground for supposing that its erection required the aid of Divine inspirati...
Chapter Iv. The Religious Theory : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 54 CHAPTER IV. THE RELIGIOUS THEORY. THE Great Pyramid was intended to be something more than the tomb or even a temple in honour of Cheops. The astronomical character of many of the chief features...
Preface : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. iv PREFACE The subject treated of in the following pages has during the last few years attracted much attention, thanks to the influence of Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth's important work, "Life and Work at the Gre...
Chapter Iii. The Tomb Theory : * "The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid", by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], p. 38 CHAPTER III. THE TOMB THEORY. DURING how many centuries before the foundation of the monarchy by Menes the Egyptian culture had been developing, we do not know, but we cannot doubt that under Cheops it w...
Untitled : * In this classic of Pyramidology, C. Staniland Wake attempts to answer the questions: who actually built the pyramids, and why? He rejects the conventional theory that they were tombs, and explores astronomical and religious motivations for their construction instead. Title Page Preface Table...
