EGYPTOLOGY

The Independent - London | February 1, 1994| | Copyright

THE PYRAMIDS of Egypt were built as a giant map of the stars, according to extraordinary new research carried out by a British-based specialist in Egyptology.

If correct, the revolutionary new theory would solve one of archaeology's greatest riddles - what lay behind the construction of the pyramids.

Using an astronomical computer to recreate the night sky as it would have appeared over Egypt 4,500 years ago, the researcher Robert Bauval has concluded that the construction of the pyramids was nothing less than an attempt to build heaven on earth.

The full details of Bauval's discoveries and ...

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