{"product_id":"our-inheritance-in-the-great-pyramid-paperback-9781108044417","title":"Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044417","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOur Inheritance in the Great Pyramid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmyth's 1864 work, based on his measurements, argues that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built under divine guidance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Piazzi Smyth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044417, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages, 23 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCharles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900) was appointed to the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University in 1846. He was respected for his practical work, and his Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment (1858) is also reissued in this series. However, this book, first published in 1864, is testimony to the author's interest in 'pyramidology', and although it was so popular in his own lifetime that it was reprinted five times, his eccentric interpretation of the data he had collected by measuring all aspects of the Great Pyramid of Giza damaged his scientific reputation. Smyth was convinced that the British measurement standard of an inch as a basic unit of length was associated with the sacred cubit of the Bible. This measure was supposedly incorporated in the Pyramid, which he claimed was built under divine guidance by the Ancient Israelites, and enshrined scientific information.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Geography and the Exterior: 1. Introductory statement\u003cbr\u003e 2. Geometrical proportions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Standard length of the Pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 4. Figure of the earth\u003cbr\u003e 5. Latitude indications. Table of dimensions of the Great Pyramid\u003cbr\u003e Part II. History and the Interior: 1. Structural isolation of the Great Pyramid amongst pyramids\u003cbr\u003e 2. The porphyry coffer\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why of that size?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Density and temperature\u003cbr\u003e Part III. National Weights and Measures: 1. British metrology and the government of Great Britain\u003cbr\u003e 2. Capacity measures of the Pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 3. Weight measures\u003cbr\u003e 4. Linear, squares, and cubic measure\u003cbr\u003e 5. Heat\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. More than Science: 1. The sacred cubit of the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 2. Time measures in the Pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 3. Moses and the wisdom of the Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mechanical data\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Inevitable Conclusions: 1. Hierologists and chronologists\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hyksos and Israelites\u003cbr\u003e 3. Superior testimony\u003cbr\u003e 4. Preparations for universal metrology\u003cbr\u003e 5. General summation, secular and sacred\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266076004632,"sku":"9781108044417","price":33.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044417i_4bc3d917-191d-4f42-88e7-a415a07dd0da.jpg?v=1696746644","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/our-inheritance-in-the-great-pyramid-paperback-9781108044417","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}