The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid: Table o...
The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid, by C. Staniland Wake, [1882]
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY | |
| | PAGE |
| THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH | 1 |
| THEORY OF INSPIRED ORIGIN OF GREAT PYRAMID | 2 |
| DATE OF ERECTION | 6 |
| ASTRONOMICAL EXPLANATION OF STRUCTURE | 7 |
| ASTROLOGICAL THEORY OF ORIGIN | 13 |
| PRIMARY OBJECT RELIGIOUS | 18 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| EARLY EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION | |
| SUPPOSED INABILITY OF ANCIENT PEOPLES TO DESIGN THE GREAT PYRAMID | 20 |
| EARLIEST EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS | 24 |
| DIFFERENCES OF INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION | 25 |
| EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION UNDER FOURTH DYNASTY | 27 |
| EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION AT FOUNDATION OF MONARCHY | 32 |
| CIVILIZATION OF THE EARLIER EGYPTIANS | 35 |
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| CHAPTER III | |
| THE TOMB THEORY | |
| | PAGE |
| TESTIMONY OF GREEK WRITERS | 38 |
| COMPARISON WITH FACTS | 42 |
| THE TOMB OF CHEOPS | 45 |
| USE OF PYRAMIDS AS TOMBS | 48 |
| ABSENCE OF RELICS EXPLAINED | 50 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE RELIGIOUS THEORY | |
| THE GREAT PYRAMID CONSIDERED AS A TEMPLE | 54 |
| THE SABÆANS AND THE PYRAMIDS | 56 |
| SETH AND OSIRIS | 59 |
| SETH THE GOD OF THE SEMITES AND THE HYKSOS | 60 |
| ASSOCIATION OF SETH WITH THE GREAT PYRAMID | 66 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| SETH AND SERPENT WORSHIP | |
| THE GOD OF WISDOM | 70 |
| IDEAS CONNECTED WITH THE SERPENT | 72 |
| SETH IDENTIFIED WITH TYPHON | 77 |
| ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE SERPENT | 81 |
| THE GREAT PYRAMID AND THE DELUGE | 83 |
| AGE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID | 85 |
| THE PYRAMID AND THE CONSTELLATIONS | 87 |
| p. viii | |
| | PAGE |
| NOTE. | |
| ON THE COFFER IN THE "KING'S CHAMBER" | 92 |
| APPENDIX I. | |
| DR. SPRENGER ON THE CONNECTION OF SETH AND HERMES WITH THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH | 94 |
| APPENDIX II. | |
| MASOUDI'S ACCOUNT OF THE ERECTION, ETC., OF THE GREAT PYRAMID | 98 |
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Human skulls unearthed during the excavations of the Temple of the Second Pyramid of Gizeh.