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Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt
Robert Bauval
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Description for Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt
Paperback. Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day BIC Classification: HRKP1. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624. The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt. Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day. BIC Classification: HRKP1. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight: 624.
Called the “Mirror of Heaven” by Hermes-Thoth and regarded as the birthplace of civilization, science, religion, and magic, Egypt has ignited the imagination of all who come in contact with it since ancient times--from Pythagoras and Plato to Alexander the Great and Napoleon to modern Egyptologists the world over. Yet, despite this preeminence in the collective mind, Egypt has suffered considerable destruction over the centuries. Even before the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria, the land of the pharaohs was pillaged by its own people. With the arrival of foreign rulers, both Arabic and European, the destruction and thievery ... Read more
Called the “Mirror of Heaven” by Hermes-Thoth and regarded as the birthplace of civilization, science, religion, and magic, Egypt has ignited the imagination of all who come in contact with it since ancient times--from Pythagoras and Plato to Alexander the Great and Napoleon to modern Egyptologists the world over. Yet, despite this preeminence in the collective mind, Egypt has suffered considerable destruction over the centuries. Even before the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria, the land of the pharaohs was pillaged by its own people. With the arrival of foreign rulers, both Arabic and European, the destruction and thievery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781591431565
SKU
V9781591431565
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Ref
99-2
About Robert Bauval
Egyptian-born Robert Bauval began studying Egyptology in 1983. The author of The Orion Mystery and coauthor of Black Genesis, he lives in Torremolinos, Spain. Ahmed Osman was born in Cairo in 1934 and is the author of several books, including Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion and Moses and Akhenaten. He lives in England.
Reviews for Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt
“This is a book that needed to be written . . . and I can’t imagine a better writing team to have taken on the challenge. Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman have expertly untangled the history of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, in all its guises, and successfully exposed the trauma of the Zahi Hawass years. This is a story that ... Read more