{"product_id":"the-great-pyramid-why-was-it-built-and-who-built-it-paperback-9781108075787","title":"The Great Pyramid; Why Was It Built? And Who Built It? (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108075787","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Great Pyramid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy Was It Built? And Who Built It?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 1859 work, John Taylor revealed the 'pyramid inch', though this alleged sacred unit of measurement was later debunked.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108075787, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 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\"\u003eThe publisher and author John Taylor (1781–1864), who took an interest in various antiquarian matters, published this work in 1859. Using the measurements taken by the seventeenth-century archaeologist John Greaves and by the French savants who had examined the Great Pyramid at Giza during Napoleon's Egyptian expedition, he deduced the existence of a 'pyramid inch' (fractionally longer than the British inch), which was one twenty-fifth of the so-called 'sacred cubit' and was derived from ancient astronomical and time-measurement observations; and as a convinced Christian, he concluded that the British inch was therefore divinely inspired. His work was very influential and had a considerable following (the astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth's 1864 book on Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid is also reissued in this series), but was later debunked by the more accurate surveys and measurements of Flinders Petrie, whose interest in Egypt was partly aroused by reading this book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Exterior of the Great Pyramid: 1. The pyramids of Gizeh\u003cbr\u003e 2. Earliest measures of the base of the pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 3. Various heights ascribed to the great pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 4. Various estimates of the Greek foot\u003cbr\u003e 5. The measure of the great pyramid according to Herodotus\u003cbr\u003e 6. The cubit of Karnak\u003cbr\u003e 7. The royal or Philetaerian foot\u003cbr\u003e 8. The sacred cubit of the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 9. Degrees, minutes, and seconds in the table of constants\u003cbr\u003e 10. Diameter of the earth\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Interior of the Great Pyramid: 11. General description of the interior of the great pyramid\u003cbr\u003e 12. The king's chamber\u003cbr\u003e 13. The pyramid coffer the standard of all measures\u003cbr\u003e 14. The pyramid coffer the measure of the laver\u003cbr\u003e 15. The pyramid coffer the standard of Grecian measures\u003cbr\u003e 16. The pyramid coffer the standard of English measures\u003cbr\u003e 17. English weights derived from English measures of capacity\u003cbr\u003e 18. Grecian weights derived from Grecian measures of capacity\u003cbr\u003e 19. English and French systems of metrology compared\u003cbr\u003e 20. Etymological illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Founders of the Great Pyramid: 21. Introductory remarks\u003cbr\u003e 22. The founders not the race of Ham\u003cbr\u003e 23. These shepherds were an abomination to the Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e 24. The founders of the great pyramid were the race of Shem\u003cbr\u003e 25. Noah the probable originator of the work\u003cbr\u003e 26. The earth divided in the days of Peleg\u003cbr\u003e 27. The canal of Joseph\u003cbr\u003e 28. The builders of the tower of Babel were of the race of Ham\u003cbr\u003e 29. The great pyramid alluded to in the Book of Job\u003cbr\u003e 30. The great pyramid alluded to in the Book of Psalms\u003cbr\u003e 31. Origin of the Arabian language\u003cbr\u003e 32. Arabian numerals preceded alphabetic writing\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Egyptian archaeology \/ Egyptology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Egyptian archaeology \/ Egyptology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Egyptian%20archaeology%20\/%20Egyptology%20%5BHDDG%5D%22\"\u003eHDDG\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":46004683997464,"sku":"9781108075787","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108075787i_213129fd-8cc7-45e6-a68e-3e8e9eb6cca3.jpg?v=1696751565","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-great-pyramid-why-was-it-built-and-who-built-it-paperback-9781108075787","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}