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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic

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A Must Have...
Almost better than the exhibit itself!
Better price at Amazon
Buy the Book, Skip the Exhibition
Probably better than the real exhibit in Chicago...

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic
Zahi Hawass
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs : A Souvenir Book

ASIN: 0792238737
Release Date: 2005-06-01

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A Must Have..........2007-06-18

I just went to see the exhibit in Philadelphia, and it was great, but just like others have said...there was no death mask or the sarcophagus. I felt a bit jipped, only b/c the way that the exhibit is set up, they are building you up to see something extraordinary at the end, but nothing. All you get is the exhibit store. And this book costs $50 in the store, so its totally worth it here on Amazon!!!!

Almost better than the exhibit itself!.......2007-02-24

I dragged my husband to Chicago to see the exhibit at the Field Museum last July and I have to say for the price we paid I was a little disappointed. We weren't able to take any pictures of anything at all and there were so many people in the rooms at one time it was hard to get a good look at anything. Then when we got to the gift shop at the end of the exhibit this book was a ginormous $50!

After paying what we did to get into the exhibit itself, I just couldn't justify paying that much for the book. Needless to say, when I discovered it on Amazon for half that price I was ecstatic!! It is a wonderful book. Beautiful pictures as only National Geographic can give and it is very easy to read and informative.

Better price at Amazon.......2007-01-01

Good book to remember the exhibit. Just saw Tut at the Field museum. Museum
store price was nearly $50. Could not wait to get home and order the book.

Buy the Book, Skip the Exhibition.......2006-12-24

The book describes the Exhibit and the artifacts displayed. The photography and maps in the book are top-notch.

I agree with the other reviwer who mentioned the absence of the death mask and any of the Sarcophagi in the Exhibit. It should be clearly mentioned in the advertising that these artifacts are not part of the exhibition. I spent $40 to visit the exhibition and I would not recommend the exihibition to anyone else.

Probably better than the real exhibit in Chicago..........2006-11-23

This book is less expensive than seeing the real exhibit in Chicago's Field Museum, which does not even have the death mask or any of the multiple sarcaphagus's!!!! And it misleadingly advertises as having such. Like going to see the Rolling Stones and not playing "Satisfaction"

Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror

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I call you courageous too.
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Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
Nonie Darwish
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ASIN: 1595230319
Release Date: 2006-11-16

Book Description

One woman's story of why she left the culture of Islamic Jihad to support American liberty and tolerance

Why are so many Muslims embracing jihad and cheering for al-Qaeda and Hamas? Why are even the modern, secularized Arab states such as Egypt producing a generation of angry young extremists?

Nonie Darwish knows why. When she was eight, her father died while leading Fedayeen raids into Israel. Her family moved from Gaza back to Cairo, where they were honored as survivors of a “shahid”—a martyr for jihad. She grew up learning the same lessons as millions of Muslim children: to hate Jews, destroy Israel, oppose America, and submit to dictatorship.

But Darwish became increasingly appalled by the anger and hatred in her culture, and in 1978 she emigrated to America. Since 9/11 she has been lecturing and writing on behalf of moderate Arabs and Arab-Americans. Extremists have denounced her as an infidel and threatened her life.

In this fascinating book, she speaks out against the dark side of her native culture—women abused by Islamic traditions; the poor and uneducated mistreated by the elites; bribery and corruption as a way of life. Her former friends and neighbors blamed all the their troubles on Jews and Americans, but Darwish rejects their bigotry and calls for the Arab world to make peace with the West.

The only hope for the future, she writes, is for America to continue waging its War on Terror, seeding the Middle East with the values of democracy, respect for women, and tolerance for all religions.

Customer Reviews:

An American.......2007-06-27

A good book for three reasons:

1. It teaches you a little about Arab culture from the inside out.
2. It spells out in plain language why the conflict between Islam and America began and why it cannot be resolved with words.
3. It was written by someone who understands what America is about.

A Celtic view.......2007-06-19

This is a book for the empathic, rational and experiential thinker who sees life as it really is and not, as the ill-informed 'extremism to extremism' editorial review conveys - thinks it is. A simple grasp of facts can do the business of rectifying the tiresome distortions endemic of the political mentality behind the above mentioned 'review.' Suffice to note the now routine absurd moral equivalence made by today's left between murderous terrorism on the one hand and - on this occasion - a modestly dressed, self-effacing lady armed only with pen and paper on the other. The 'reviewer' might have had at least the decency to credit Nonie Darwish's integrity if not her empirically formed experience.
I'm not an American but a Scot, and like many other Scots plus Americans, Canadians, English, Welsh, Irish, French, Spanish, Japanese, South Africans, Egyptians, Indians, Iraquis, Australians,Israelis, Zimbabwians, Koreans, and Itallians etc etc etc, I'm concerned about the radical Islamic threat to the world. It's intentions are as plain as the midnight sun to anybody mercilessly ravaged by common sense. Before moving to the safety of the West - the irksome and threatening pathology of the left notwithstanding - Nonie Darwish had scaled a wall thirty years high. On her way up she was obliged to negotiate the sheer faces of government and religious imputed hatred towards a rightfully restored Israel, a default hostility also extended to the West. Her innate instincts were her footholds secured by a steely resolve to resist and reject this bitter cup with its poisonous dregs that not only claimed reason, but also the life of Nonie's beloved father - and thousands of her people too. It is a tragedy that her empiricism should be brought into question by an intellectually unhinged post-modernist pathology. But then again, what's new behind this Chardonnay soaked deconstructionist psyche? It is this reasonless school of thought's morally liberalising foreign policy that the present extremism abhors and seeks to destroy. Had Nonie been a denim clad, cropped haired, gun totting Che type of extremist bent on imposing an alien ideology on society, that would have been fine, but she is not: she towers above such vulgarity. As with that other pen equipped 'extremist', Solzhenitsyn and his gaol experience under socialist oppression, Nonie is a virtuous individual with her feet firmly anchored to the ground of social and political reality. In response to the atrocity of 9/11 she took the decision to go public. For our good, she removed her finger from the hole in the wall that she had scaled in order to give us a glimpse of what the West faces if it continued(s) in its slumbers. Forget the sentimentally driven, experientially detached drivel of Islamic extremist apologists like Chomsky et all - his ilk and their gullible sycophants despise the hand that feeds and protects them - Nonie's thematically focussed warning should be standard fayre for any decent college and public bookshelf. Its salient points should be par for everyday text, radio and television dissemination. Without her voice and also that of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and others sounding the same warning bell, we are simply mushrooms shoved under the bed fed only by the bias dung of media outlets like CNN, the BBC, and their elitist lackeys. Nonie Darwish's account comes from the heart as well as mind. It is well structured, balanced, thematically progressive yet sporadically interspersed with rays of sunshine that ensure her recollections do not descend into self-indulgence darkness as is the danger with biographical genre.

I call you courageous too........2007-06-02

The Salman Rushdie of the 21st Century. This lady puts to shame all complacent Americans.

A wake-up call.......2007-05-30

I believe Darwish has provided an excellent and personal insight into how hatred of Jews and other non-Muslims are being inculcalted into the young hearts and minds in the Middle East. Even more worryingly, she explains how radicalism and fundamentalism have taken over the various US university campuses. She explains how they are hiding behind the facade of free speech, religious freedom and human rights, but at the same time, are not willing to allow people, with different points of view, to enjoy the same rights. While making presentations at various campuses, Darwish is often harangued and threatened by these people. This is a wake-up call.

Read This Book Now.......2007-05-29

This book is a cogent biography of an egyptian woman who has become pro western. She is the daughter of an egyptian born Palestinean hero who was assasinated by the Israelis in the 1950's. Yet she comes out in favor of Israel and the U.S. She sounds a warning bell to all Americans who will listen that Islamic Fundamentalists wish us ill even as they land on our shores. They hide behind our 1st amendment protections on speech and religion to protect their hateful vitriol that incites violence. They think we are naive and that naievite is an invitation to violate our security. She makes a strong argument for profiling, and now I am inclined to agree with her. She has willingly placed a target on her back in order to publish this book and speak publically on her experiences and views. She is educated, was a member of the privileged class, and an employee of the Egyptian government's media office. A street, a building, and a school in the Gaza strip is named after her father. This makes her premise that Arabs do not want an Israeli-Palestinean peace, because then attention would be brought to bear on the inequities suffered by the poor majority in these countries very credible. By keeping the war against Israel alive the governments of 22 Arab countries keep their populace focused on Israel and America as the great Satans and avoid scrutiny themselves. This woman has tremendous credibility because of her background. Americans should take her book seriously, and someone should send Jimmy Carter a copy. As an elder statesman he should have been aware of the facts recounted in her book. I feel I was duped by his recent publication. Note that I say facts and not opinions. She is walking around with a target on her back, because she has had the courage to publish this book and speak out publically. The book has a few unfortunate typographical errors which could be distracting. However, the premise and the warnings are intact.

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library)

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A View into a Very Different World

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library)
Naguib Mahfouz
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ASIN: 0375413316
Release Date: 2001-10-16

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Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize—winning writer’s masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain’s occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century.

The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons–the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad’s rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. Sugar Street brings Mahfouz’s vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician.

Throughout the trilogy, the family’s trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller.

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Great book for a long trip.......2007-06-13

Naguib Mahfouz relates a distant time in a far away place with simple sentences and rich details. He relates the breadth of human experience equally well, offering depth and understanding of women as well as men. For the first time I feel that I have some understanding of the daily life of Muslim men and women.

If you want to laugh, read this book. If you want to cry, read this book. If you want a page turner, read this book. The characters will feel like your own family before you're done.

Long, intense and worth every minute.......2007-06-12

I received this book as a Christmas present and when I saw the sheer size of it, I'll admit, I was frightened. For anyone who feels the same, don't let the fact that you could use this a weight put you off from reading it. You will be losing out on a magnificent work.
Mahfouz's trilogy pulled me into a world I know very little of and made me feel at home. I felt the fear the rest of the family did when Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad walked down the halls, banging his cane ahead of him. I read with anger and frustration, watching Yasin's transformation, or lack there of, and Kamal's.
Amina's growth and Aisha's destruction were an equally intriguing read. The fact that Aisha is unable to join her family and is forced to continue falling apart was a hard pill for me to swallow and ended up making me cry by the end of the novel.
Mahfouz is definitely a master storyteller who creates characters in one of the most realistic ways I have ever read. I will certainly be reading The Cairo Trilogy again.

A Treasure.......2007-05-11

This three-generation saga of a decaying Cairo family will totally envelop you. Mahfouz creates a complete and detailed world of characters, places, atmospheres and emotions that you will be reluctant to leave. Among the overarching themes is the contrast between the public face we present to society, and our private conduct and inner reality, a problem of universal significance. These books are a treasure and warrant every superlative.

Highly Recommended.......2007-01-25

I read this series because it was recommended by Jay Nordlinger of the National Review. Jay was right, and I highly recommend this trilogy series as well. I actually read each individual book to avoid the bulk of the complete series in one volume, but each one was a delight to read. Let's face it, modern fiction is dying a slow death with formula action-thrillers that are almost written in complete screenplay format from the start. The Cairo Trilogy, written over fifty years ago, is a throwback to the era of high-quality literature when authors took great pains to develop characters and scenarios so life-like the reader can actually feel like a participant.

In a foreword to a recent edition of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, the editor of that book mentioned that Arabic is one of the most difficult languages to translate into English. Despite a few minor anachronisms, the translation here of Mahfouz's work is almost seamless.

This is a beautifully written story of a middle-class Egyptian family from late WW I to the end of WW II, dealing with issues that in some ways are not so different from those we face in modern Western culture, but with the distinct differences brought about by the Muslim, Eastern culture and the political and cultural turmoil that existed in Egypt at that time. The story is filled with the drama and tragedy that make for great fiction, and you will get to know the characters so well that you will feel their joy and their pain. This is truly a worthwhile reading experience.

Naguib Mahfouz has been compared with Tolstoy and perhaps he is worthy of that, but a more down-to-earth comparison is with Paul Scott, who wrote "The Raj Quartet" series about the British experience in India during WW II. Both these works are rare examples of great literature from the post-WW II period when the novel as a literary art form was starting its slow decline to what we have today.

A View into a Very Different World.......2007-01-10

Since I am planning an extensive trip to Egypt this year, I thought it would be a good idea to familiarize myself with life in Egypt through these novels of Mahfouz. I would describe the writing as leisurely, but I have enjoyed getting familiar with the life in Cairo during the early part of the 20th Century. Mahfouz focuses primarily on the men in this one family, though it is the under-written woman that I find most fascinating. In Palace Walk, the mother of the family has not left the cloister of her family's house since her marriage nearly 20 years before. We recognize the father as a blustering, domineering type who demands sobriety and obedience from all the members of his family yet spends every evening displaying a differesnt side of himself to his friends as he goes out drinking and carousing. What is also fascinating is the thought that the lives that these women lead is probably not too different from the lives of Muslim women in other corners of the Islamic world. The changes that occur to members of this family are gradual and realistically evolutionary, which add to the leisurely pace of the books. But for an insight into the culture of Cairo, these three novels cannot be beat.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day

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New computer enhanced version of the Book of the Dead
Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Book of Going Forth by Day
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Your Passport To The Next Life

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day

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The Book of the Dead

ASIN: 0811807673

Book Description

For millennia, the culture and philosophy of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated artists, historians, and spiritual seekers throughout the world. Now, with this deluxe edition, the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani—the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered—has been restored in its original sequences of text and artwork, using the latest advances in computer-imaging technology. Four exquisitely illustrated gatefold spreads and an acclaimed translation by two noted Egyptologists showcase the Papyrus's elaborately bordered images and convey its intended sense of motion and meaning in a way that other books on the subject cannot begin to match. For both lay readers and scholars interested in a wide range of topics—from mysticism and philosophy to anthropology and astronomy—this sumptuous and accessible new volume will be an essential acquisition.??

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New computer enhanced version of the Book of the Dead.......2007-03-24

The ancient Egyptian bible, everyone who could afford one was buried with one. This is a new version, and has English translations on each page with color images. It is a guidebook for the deceased person to follow to find his way to the afterlife to live on forever. The Egyptians were not obsessed with death but with obtaining the perfect afterlife. Sound familiar?
By the way I do agree with the excellent reviews already here. But, to make it accessable to Western eyes, I think NOT to refer to it as a sort of "Bible" is a bit confusing I think. The ancient Egyptians studied it, tried to memorize it, and took it with them in their sarcophagus if they could afford to, in order to have access to it when they awoke and needed to start their journey to the West (afterlife). It held all they needed to know to get there safely.
This version, I understand, is the best new one ever and most accurate translation. Fascinating just to go through, the art is wonderful.

Egyptian Book of the Dead.......2007-01-17

This was a gift to an Egyptologist.
Very much appreciated.

The Book of Going Forth by Day.......2007-01-11

A great reference of the original writings of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. A valuable read for anyone studying Ancient Egyptian History.

A gorgeous book suitable for any Egypt, poetry, art, or mythology enthusiast.......2007-01-08

While this book is written so as to be useful to scholars, it's a wonderful book even if you aren't one. The reproductions of the original papyrus are beautiful in their own right, and the translation is quite poetic. Even if you don't understand all the obscure mythological or cultural references (and who does?), it's fascinating reading/looking. It makes a great coffee table book, which is a good thing considering that it's too tall to fit in many bookshelves. As I understand it, this translation is far superior to the older ones, in a wonderful presentation, save that such a large and lavishly illustrated book really ought to have been published in hardcover.

Most of the chapters are actually meant as spells to be recited by the spirit of the deceased, enabling it to pass through the dangerous parts of the underworld to become immortal, and then revisit the world of the living in spirit form (i.e. "go forth by day"). It's worth reading even the more scholarly non-illustrated sections of the book derived from other versions of the papyrus; there are some real hidden gems back there, such as the existence of a Chapter For Remembering All The Other Chapters.

Your Passport To The Next Life.......2006-09-06

What an absolute miracle we have these texts today, some four millennia after many of them were first conceived of in an ancient desert land! The story of the re-discovery in the nineteenth-century, after the last known copies were believed destroyed in Alexandria, is the recounting of an archeological miracle, and the fact that they survived the circumstances of their discovery at all amid corruption and mistrust in the black markets of Cairo is even more amazing.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is both a how-to tome for making the journey from the physical world to the eternal lands, and also an invaluable record of the belief system and psychology of a remarkable ancient people. Unlike the Tibetan Book of the Dead with its (apparent) universal application, the information in its far-older Egyptian counterpart is peculiar to the culture of Pharonic times. A highly devout, ritual-embracing, death-oriented civilization, ancient Egyptians were instructed via this information in the use of proper spells, attitudes, and the location of the paths to take as they faced the arduous and daunting trek from their burial sites to the "Land of Reeds" an unending paradise in the world beyond.

Unlike most cosmologies, the ancients of the Nile valley did not view the arrival after death at a final destination as an automatic event. They held that it was but the start of a long process, a too-often failed journey undertaken toward an end-point of a spectacular judgment that determined the worthiness of their souls. Egyptian religion taught that all human beings initially survived death, but that only those of purity and worth (and those educated in the lore of the Book of the Dead) would in fact enjoy long-term postmortem consciousness. Hell to Egyptians was an ending, not an ongoing torment. The fate of the `damned' was the cessation of being, and it was arrived at in the form of being devoured by a frightening creature that was part hippopotamus and part crocodile.

After making the arduous journey from tomb to place of judgment, the pilgrim on the voyage toward eternity, having passed a series of tests, arrived at a last evaluation. In the presence of the great jackal-headed god Anubis, the deceased would hand over to a goddess a sacred heart-stone he had carried with him on his journey from the tomb, and this heart-stone would be weighed on a scale against a single white feather. If the stone outweighed the feather, then the person in question would be ripped to pieces by the hippo-croc monster, and cease to be (ultimate horror to ancients) but if the stone was found to balance out equal to the feather, as the heart-stone of a righteous soul would, then that person passed on into a the Land of Reeds, where eternal bliss awaited.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is translated in such a way that its already ancient phrases, incantations, and prayers sound deliberately archaic in a sort of King James Bible fashion, and it is not a downstream type of read. For those who persevere to the work's conclusion, though, the experience of reading these sacred texts, which by all rights should long ago have been lost to knowledge, will find the scholarly experience to be rewarding. Plus, if we happen to one day find ourselves in the Egyptian afterlife, we'll know what to do, right?

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Provocative, appealing and controversial.......2006-08-02

Fomenko has succeeded to convincingly demonstrate the misconception about what "history" factually is... It is fiction and -like we can read and judge for ourselves- no science. It indeed is "make belief" only. I "discovered" Fomenko while studying the "old" history of Al Andaluz, Spain. Having found too many contradictions in available data, having seen too many forgeries as to pretend the importance of christianity for its decline, I ventured out to find Fomenko, who convinced me that we know little if anything for sure of the epoch before the XI-century. However, the integration of the Arabic-Islamic cultural history into the heavily distorted Western fails... There are some attempts to fit "the budding new religion" (Islam) into Fomenko's scheme, but they are too weak to be taken seriously and too often focussing on Turkey as the region where things started to influence the West, which is untrue at all.
Islam certainly was no "new religion" in the X-century. That the highly cultivated Al Andaluz ruler Mohammed-I could have been "mirrored" down in time into some myth about the "illiterate" founder of Islam itself is highly speculative. Nevertheless, Fomenko convinces me about the processes that were involved in forging a christian history. Intriguing and controversial as his books are, I recommend them as to rethink our current position in time and space and simply verify what was claimed. It is a "good" book, but not for bedtime reading... Mundus vult decipi, the world wants to be cheated. Fomenko's readers will understand why.

pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.......2006-02-16

Traces of white wine were found in Tutankhamen's tomb however there were no record of white wine in Egypt until the 3rd century AD, 1600 years after the young pharaoh died according to the traditional chronology. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18925395.400
It can be interpreted as a contribution towards New Chronology theory that pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.

Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs

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Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
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This is an introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary, as well as twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. It also offers scholars of linguistics a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt.

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Good but..........2007-06-15

PLUS: 1) Strong binding, an important detail in an egyptian grammar, which is subject to a lot of page-flipping. The Gardiner is even sturdier, it is an aircraft-carrier of a book. 2) The exposition is very clear. 3) The grammatical theory is state of the art. MINUS: 1) Incredibly tiny fonts: the myopic student who reads this book will eventually be a blind student. 2) Most of the examples are translitterated: this makes rather hard familiarizing with hieroglyph reading. 3) The examples are not many. Perhaps the best thing for the beginner is to study first the book by Gardiner, and then read Allen to catch on the latest developments. But hear, o Egyptologists: will any of you produce a grammar as sturdy and as full of examples in hieroglyph as the Gardiner, and as up to date as Allen's book?

Enough of the grammar already!!!.......2006-11-04

This is an excellent book, no doubt. Allen is quite obviously an academic when it comes to Egyptian and linguistics. Let me repeat, this is an excellent book: for people with a linguistic background. That said, Joe Blow (read people with the average educational background in grammar) will most likely, as I did, find this approach to Egyptian with its constant, non-stop emphasis on adverbial complement this and noun phrase that approach, overwhelming to say the least. The meanings of the exercise sentences are rather vague and not easy to translate. In 3000 plus years, some Egyptian somewhere must have written a sentence or two more suitable for use in a beginning language learning text. Add to this the fact that each chapter does not have a vocabulary list to prepare the student for the exercises, and doing the chapter-end exercises becomes a futile exercise in page flipping to look up answers in the key in the back of the book. Vocabulary items used in the sample sentences in the texts in the chapters are frequently not included in the dictionary in the back. It doesn't matter how much grammar you know if you don't know what the words mean. As a college text with an instructor, this book is probably excellent, however for the do-it-yourselfer who wants to learn at home, forget it! Like the old saying goes: I just want to know what time it is, I don't need to how to build a watch. Can anybody suggest a book to learn Egyptian, written for educated, interested adults, but who don't have degree in linguistics?

We want more of the kind..........2005-09-23

Probably the most pleasant book you will use, not just to learn about hieroglyphs, but also, to learn about ancient egyptian culture.

Excellent Book...but Gardiner still worth it!!.......2004-08-01

I am writing this review simply to clarify and answer a few of the questions and comments that the previous reviewer had about the textbook.

1) This is a textbook intended for college students and self-study and assumes no previous encounter with English or Middle Egyptian grammar; therefore, as one might expect, the book presents descriptions of nouns, as well as more complicated aspects of grammar such as prospective, subjunctive and relative forms. However, if one is privy to the definitions, than one can simply skip over the descriptions of these grammatical aspects and continue learning Middle Egyptian.

2) Rare usages or unusual translations are covered in the book and although they do not appear in an appendix, they do contain astericks or other diacritics or concise descriptions.

3) Enough examples are provided so that an intelligent person can build upon previous examples and construct the answer to the exercise, similar to a math book that provides some examples and then offers more complicated, but solvable exercises.

4) Although the book does lack grammatical paradigms (mostly since no one really knows what inflections Middle Egyptian contained) and vocabulary lists, it does provide references, a sign list, a dictionary, the answers to the exercises, and an index.

5) The paperback binding is actually quite good. I have used it for a while and, although borrowed from the local library (most of those books are usually mistreated or handled periodically), it has shown little signs of deterioration. More importantly, there is at least a half inch spacial blank gap between any word or hieroglyph at the inner edge any page, making the inner edges easy to read.

6) Although the chapter four essay argues that the "Western notion of religion [...] has seperated religion from spheres of [...] government, social behavior, intellectual pursuits, and science" p.43, it never states that this is how the western notion of religion always viewed and continues to view these concepts. The Egyptian religion embraced most things as the Gods themselves. For example, two people falling in love in Greek and Roman religion was an act of Eros, and love making a gift from Aphrodite; however, an ancient Egypian might argue that two people falling in love and making love is the personification of the love between Osiris and Isis.

That said, this is a wonderful textbook that will leave any serious student or amateur the craving for more since, unfortunately, it does not cover all there is to know about Middle Egyptian. A second step would be to purchase Sir Alan Gardiner's "Egyptian Grammar" a little outdated but unmatched in depth and coverage of Middle Egyptian. His book remains the "BIBLE" of Middle Egyptian of and for most egyptologists.

An good text book!.......2004-01-05

If you want to learn the basics of hieroglyphs. Dont buy this book first. Buy "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Yourself". Then buy the text book by Allen.

Allens book is more a book for those that seriously wants to learn the language, not good as an introduction. But as a tool to learn hieroglyphs it is excellent and very detailed.

Terrorist
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Too much description, too little story

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Terrorist
John Updike
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The ever-surprising John Updike’s twenty-second novel is a brilliant contemporary fiction that will surely be counted as one of his most powerful. It tells of eighteen-year-old Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy and his devotion to Allah and the words of the Holy Qur’an, as expounded to him by a local mosque’s imam.

The son of an Irish-American mother and an Egyptian father who disappeared when he was three, Ahmad turned to Islam at the age of eleven. He feels his faith threatened by the materialistic, hedonistic society he sees around him in the slumping factory town of New Prospect, in northern New Jersey. Neither the world-weary, depressed guidance counselor at Central High School, Jack Levy, nor Ahmad’s mischievously seductive black classmate, Joryleen Grant, succeeds in diverting the boy from what his religion calls the Straight Path. When he finds employment in a furniture store owned by a family of recently immigrated Lebanese, the threads of a plot gather around him, with reverberations that rouse the Department of Homeland Security.

But to quote the Qur’an: Of those who plot, God is the best.

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What is wrong with you people.......2007-06-24

I am 120 pages into this book and all that has happened is this kid graduated from high school and the guidance counselor flirted with his mother. That's it 120 pages --- Ok I will say it: the emperor has NO clothes!!!

An ever changing world.......2007-06-24

Throughout the last decades, North-American writer John Updike has dissected his country's society in a meticulous way. Chronicling urban life, he uses one single character to portray a group. He usually writes about the average suburban whose personal American Dream hasn't worked. His most famous creation is Rabbit Angstron, whose life was followed in a award winner series of novels.

Updike's fictions are usually hand in hand with the historical moment his characters are living in. Therefore, it is not a surprise his latest novel, "Terrorist", has a special connection with life in the United States of America in the awake of the post-9/11. The main character is Ahmad Mullroy, an atypical adolescent. Half Irish and half Egyptian, he is a muslin and in his views, the others are demons trying to deviate him from his mission.

There are two important teacher in this boy's life. One is the counselor in the school, named Jack Levy (this one a typical Updikian character). The other one is the master who teaches him about Islamism in the Mosque. Ahmad doesn't expect much from his future life, he only wants to be a truck driver. But Jack expects the boy can do much more and go to the university.

Updike has a distance from what he is writing about. He never seems to be enchanted with the subject, but he tells the story in a very matter-of-fact fashion. And his comments sometimes seem to be even scientific when describing Islamic and African-American traditions.

"Terrorist" never tries to explain the new American society - this one that belongs to the global world. Updike only exposes this new society - with its many failures and few virtues and many contradictions. In this way, the novel is a honest portrait - however never perfect - of a world in constant change.

From Kid to Killer?.......2007-06-24

Despite the fact that I read a lot of books and John Updike has written a lot of books, I have only read one of his books around 20 years ago. I wasn't overly impressed with my first exposure to him, but I'm a more mature reader now and thought I'd give him another try with Terrorist. This time, I was much happier.

Terrorist is the story of Ahmad Mulloy, a high school senior in New Jersey. The product of a broken home - an absent father and an overworked mother - he has sought guidance elsewhere and has become a devout Muslim. Maybe too devout, as the book's title implies: he is a borderline fanatic, which will lead him into the company of some driven individuals.

There are other characters, in particular Jack Levy, Ahmad's high school counselor who tries to give Ahmad alternate directions in life while also having a not-so-professional relationship with Ahmad's mother. Then there is Joryleen, who despite her upbeat attitude, is probably the saddest character in the book.

I'm sure there are those who would be critical of Updike for humanizing a young man who may very well be a terrorist. I, on the other hand, find it useful to be reminded that terrorists do not spring up from the Earth fully formed; they develop into them just like others develop into more benevolent types. And Ahmad has other qualities, both good and bad: for example, he is studious and respectful, but also intolerant of others who do not meet his high standards.

Agreeing with Updike (or me) is not essential; I can read and enjoy books by authors who I disagree with. What is more important is that Terrorist is a good book and thought-provoking. It is a reminder that the world is not black-and-white but is a whole spectrum of grays.

Too much description, too little story.......2007-06-22

I found myself becoming more and more frustrated with this book. I am not trying to slam the author, but after reading this book I am more aware of how lucky we are to have authors like Stephen King. Updike spends 90 percent of this book describing things that are of absolutely no relevance to the story. For instance, at one part in the story, he could have said in ONE sentence "Beth was watching Days of Our Lives when the phone rang and stood up to answer it." Yet Updike turns this into a 20 page description! No im not exaggerating, 20 pages. You get completely turned off to the story and you forget what your even reading about with his constant long winded descriptions and babbling about nothing. Updike comes off as an amateur writer and it seems that he had a good idea for a story, yet couldnt figure out how to make it long enough so he just wasted page after page talking about nothing and making too strong an effort to use as many metaphors as he possibly can. Good effort, good idea, but in more competant hands this story could have been a home run.

More Wonderful Writing, Story Could Be Better........2007-06-20

One must be humble in criticizing this Great American Writer, since without question Mr. Updike is a Modern Master. This yarn is filled with terrific descriptions of a modern day urban high school, and its jaded teachers and students. For this alone, it may be worth the read. A youthful senior, part Irish/ part Muslim, meets some seemingly harmless mullahs, and appears to believe some of their unusual ideas. Sub-plots include a well meaning teacher, a kind and credulous girlfriend, and the standard (in this case, not very explicit, fortunately) adulterous affair. Will this nice boy actually commit a horrific terrorist act? The plot thickens, as he trucks his way into the Lincoln Tunnel and the Big City. I will not reveal the ending!

Arabic (Egyptian): Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs

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Arabic (Egyptian): Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs
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Comprehensive Arabic (Egyptian) includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary -- 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions -- plus an introduction to reading.

Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:

* initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations,

* deal with every day situations -- ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,

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* avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,

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* begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.

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Pimsleur method is the BEST!!!.......2007-02-06

I actually purchased Pimsleur's Quick and Simple Egyptian Arabic as an audiobook on iTunes. I've been listening to it during a 2 hour break I have while I'm at college and it's the greatest way to learn a language that I've ever come across. Coming from a person who can speak 7 languages, I only wish that people read these reviews and save themselves the headache of other programs.

Glad It Was Available.......2006-12-09

Seems to be exactlyi what my older grandson needed. Too bad Pimsleur hasn't developed more than Part 1 in what should be a multi-part language training program thus far. (That's the reason for this program received only 4 stars.

Love PIMSLEUR!.......2006-08-03

On my trip to Egypt this March, several people asked me where I studied Arabic, and were amazed (and thought maybe they misunderstood) that I had learned my Arabic from CD's. It was very gratifying. I picked these CD's up on an online auction. I've used Pimsleur for Swedish and Egyptian Arabic, and have had great success with both. They are the only language tapes where on arrival in the country, people could understand what I was saying, which made for a more enjoyable vacation. I also speak German and a smattering of other languages. You really must set time aside to do these tapes, as they are intensive, and at the end of the lesson you feel like your brain hurts. But it works - when stressed and lost and hungry and tired, you will remember how to say "where is" whatever. Then you watch the hands pointing, you walk in that direction a bit, and you ask again. The key is that they understand you, and you may pick out a few words. I was hanging out at one point with an Egyptian student and two Japanese students, and we four girls were speaking a mixture of Arabic, Japanese, and English. It was great! Sure, I could have had a decent time in Egypt with just English, but it was unbelievably wonderful to be able to communicate a bit with regular folks.

Alternative to high prices.......2006-05-07

Even though the Pimsleur method is FABulous, before investing huge dollars in the CDs, check with your local public library. They might be available for borrowing.

It works.......2006-03-31

Since my first visit to Egypt six years ago I have tried to learn Egyption Arabic. I have tried different courses, CDs and cassettes. But I must say that this one is by far the best.
The way the course is buildt up really makes you remember the words. And being a norwegian native, arabic is quite hard to learn. I only wish I could find a next level course.

Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs (Egyptology: Griffith Institute)

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The Best Egyptian Language Resource Ever!
Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar - A Must Have
Heiroglyphs made easy!
The Bible of Middle Egyptian

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Although the first edition of the study appeared over seventy years ago, Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar remains the most comprehensive presentation of Middle Egyptian available, and is still an essential reference tool for all advanced work in the language. The latest, third, edition, appeared in 1957 and is now in its tenth reprinting. After each new element of grammar the learner is given a set of exercises, and the book also contains useful resources such as a list of hieroglyphic signs and information about the development of the language.

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Expanding Horizons.......2006-08-18

Formerly I was mainly familiar with Hieroglyph of the Ptolemic Period and needed more information for a project. Sir Alan H. Gardiner's Text Book not only filled this needed, but increased my interest in pursuing the subject even more comprehensively than I have had before. At my age (74) this keeps my mind active and gives another purpose to my life.
I feel this volumn is well worth the cost of acquirement and is an excellent addition to my library.

The Best Egyptian Language Resource Ever!.......2006-05-12

I think this is the ultimate textbook for any beginning, intermediate, or advanced Egyptologist because it is so detailed and thorough. I couldn't possibly wish for anything more in an Egyptian textbook. I've only read up to page 190. I have been studying Egyptian since 1996 when I first borrowed Mercer's handbook, but since I got this book just over ten weeks ago I have learned more about the Egyptian language than I ever learned before. I can't wait to finish the book.

Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar - A Must Have.......2005-09-15

If you're truly interested in learning how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs and have already bought and read one of the many "How To" beginners books currently being published, you've no doubt realized how limited the scope of your purchase is. You've been taken to the precipice, shown the wisdom of the ages, only to find out that, just when things were getting interesting, the story ends.

Perhaps, if you've followed my misguided steps while surfing your new-found wave of enthusiasm, you further indulged your need for immediate gratification by purchasing the hefty, two-volume Egyptian dictionary set by Budge. After you've lovingly brushed off the dust and handed over your discretionary income for the next month, you realize that you're acting on impulse but rationalize your post-purchase cognitive dissonance by assuring yourself that "they wouldn't still be publishing this work after all these years if it wasn't any good, right?" Of course, a week later while cruising the net, your bubble bursts as you realize that everybody who's anybody in the world of Egyptology is warning you to "Beware of Budge".

If this in any way resembles you and your desire to learn this enigmatic language from the past still burns bright, do yourself a tremendous favor and buy this book! Yes, relative to what you've purchased so far, Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar is expensive and, unless you want to give up your next paycheck for shipping charges, it will take a week or two to arrive. I promise you, hand-on-heart, that it will be worth every pfennig of your investment and well worth the wait. After only the first couple hours (which will pass like minutes) you'll realize how very limited everything else you've read really is. After a couple weeks, you will be able to figure out for yourself why our more learned colleagues encourage us to take anything from Budge with a grain of salt.

At the time of writing this endorsement (while factual, I make no pretense of being objective), I've owned Egyptian Grammar for three months. Applying myself moderately (I have a wife, child, four cats and a day job - none of which tolerate being ignored), I've already achieved a surprising level of competence at transliteration (converting hieroglyphs into phonetic Egyptian) without need of a reference. While happy with my progress to date, I've not yet succumbed to delusions of adequacy. I still have a long path to walk and must rely heavily upon Mr. Gardiner for translating all but the simplest of passages.

As I'm sure you've already guessed, I am giving this book a five-star rating. Is Egyptian Grammar perfect? No. The wonderful thing about Egyptology is that with every passing year, we learn more about this fascinating culture. As with any material in print, there's a level of currency missing from its pages. Perhaps a more relevant question to pose would be, "Is there anything out there that I can buy that's better than this book by Gardiner?" I don't think so. If there is, it's either not currently being published or not available in English. Either way, I've yet to discover it.

Heiroglyphs made easy!.......2005-07-20

Good book for a beginner. Chapters are outlined in a clear manner.

The Bible of Middle Egyptian.......2005-02-22

Gardiner's book is the sine qua non for learning ancient Egyptian. Though somewhat dated, no other book is quite as exhaustive and most if not all professional Egyptologists have learned ancient Egyptian from this book. Although the book was originally written for the rank beginner, Gardiner assumes his readers are not idiots and it pays to know something of grammar, preferably some previous knowledge in an inflected language like Latin or Greek, or perhaps even some knowledge of linguistics, before taking the plunge. Students who aren't serious should stay away since the book will be quite worthless to dilettantes. This book, along with Faulker's "Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian", are the core for English speaking students who wish to master Middle Egyptian.

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ASIN: 0892815701
Release Date: 1998-11-01

Book Description

The monumental Temple of Man represents the most important breakthrough in our understanding of Ancient Egypt since the discovery of the Rosetta stone. This exhaustive and authoritative study reveals the depths of the mathematical, medical, and metaphysical sophistication of Ancient Egypt. Schwaller de Lubicz's stone-by-stone survey of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor allows us to step into the mentality of Ancient Egypt and experience the Egyptian way of thinking within the context of their own worldview.

His study finds the temple to be an eloquent expression and summary--an architectural encyclopedia--of what the Egyptians knew of humanity and the universe. Through a reading of the temple's measures and proportions, its axes and orientations, and the symbolism and placement of its bas-reliefs, along with the accompanying studies of related medical and mathematical papyri, Schwaller de Lubicz demonstrates how advanced the civilization of Ancient Egypt was, a civilization that possessed exalted knowledge and achievements both materially and spiritually. In so doing, Schwaller de Lubicz effectively demonstrates that Ancient Egypt, not Greece, is at the base of Western science, civilization, and culture.

To understand the temple of Luxor, twelve years of field work were undertaken with the utmost exactitude by Schwaller de Lubicz in collaboration with French archaeologist Clement Robichon and the respected Egyptologist Alexandre Varille. From this work were produced over 1000 pages of text and proofs of the sacred geometry of the temple and 400 illustrations and photographs that make up The Temple of Man.

The Temple of Man is a monument to inspired insight, conscientious scholarship, and exacting archaeological groundwork that represents a major contribution to humanity's perennial search for self-knowledge and the prehistoric origins of its culture and science.

Customer Reviews:

Masterful Revelations of Egyptian Pharaonic Consciousness.......2005-06-25

The Temple of Man
By Schwaller de Lubicz

Original French text translated to English
by Deborah and Robert Lawlor
Published by Inner Traditions International, 1998
Language: English
ISBN: 0892815701

Review by

Dr. Colette M. Dowell

I wonder what drives personal passion so rigorously that one's lifetime is spent pursuing it. Is it the ultimate goal of resolution and the final achievement of understanding that surpasses any other desire? Or what?

Schwaller de Lubicz spent his entire lifetime pursuing his deep passion of figuring and comprehending the link between so-called cosmic realms and terrestrial nature including alchemy, physics, mathematics, geometry, art, astronomy, and, among his favorites, symbolism. He spent over fifteen years engaged in his studies of Ancient Egyptian Anthropocosmos Man and his temples. His work, The Temple of Man, reflects such skill and determination of comprehending Pharaonic Consciousness, it exceeds far beyond any other works of disciplined study along these lines I have ever encountered. The voluminous material in The Temple of Man is delivered with the great detail and gifted clarity for which Schwaller was so adept. Schwaller, however, did not achieve this great work of art by himself. Lucie Lamy, his stepdaughter and most indispensable lifelong collaborator, kept many research notes and drafted the graphics and illustrations. Deborah and Robert Lawlor demonstrated pure love in their translation of Schwaller's French text into English, (which must have been an incredible task). And Inner Traditions deserves applause for producing such a fine piece of art in book form. For the seekers of higher realms of consciousness and that of Ancient Egyptology, I know of no other book that contains so many variants of thought and data composing and revealing such a highly advanced way of thinking. The Temple of Man is a degree of education one would acquire after lifetimes of lessons.

I was positively astonished and overjoyed when I received the two volumes of The Temple of Man. The exceptional beauty in which they were bound was beholding to my eyes. The quality of graphics, illustrations and early historical photography of both the geographical nature and portraits of temples are themselves keepsakes alone. Schwaller's eloquent and scholarly way of dissecting mathematically-oriented spiritual philosophy and physics is masterful. Ancient Egyptian's Pharaonic concept of Man as the center of the Universe in physical expression as Anthropocosmos Man was not totally new to me, but the rich understanding I received from reading Schwaller's work was certainly new. When we read a few books on sacred geometry and a few books about spiritual values and divine principles, "we" (I am not speaking for all of us) tend to think we intellectually and spiritually understand our placement in the universe. I suspect, though, that we can't possibly grasp sacred geometry and divine principles until we dig to their roots and go through the deliberate deliverance of concepts and lessons that have been so deeply sculpted in the Ancient Egyptian architecture and hieroglyphics. I also suspect that we truly need to know and understand these lessons, for that is why they were given.

We have a tendency to view a mural or bas-relief of a man leading cows with nets and birds as just possibly a legend of how Egyptian people might have farmed; but particular hieroglyphic and "hieratic" writing is so much more than that. It reveals in its SYMBOLIQUE, tutorial lessons in both scientific and spiritual esoteric realms. These laws and lessons reflect knowledge of spirit manifesting into matter and the harmonic growth and relationship between the two. This lost wisdom, in a sense, is a form of physics. In modern terms we would label such equivocal philosophy as quantum physics and even holographic physics. "Pharaonic mentality rejected metaphysical and rational thought. The hieroglyphic form of writing makes the syllogistic system of such a rational science impossible. Pharaonic mathematics confirms this attitude."..."Duality within Unity, the incomprehensible truth of the Trinity." ("VOLUME and CONSCIOUSNESS")

Believing, learning and knowing are the three gates of entry into the Temple. The Temples are encoded with practical, physical and spiritual lessons. To the Anthropocosmos Man, the Universe is a projection of human consciousness. Consciousness is volume. The architecture in the Temples expresses volume in form. The Anthropocosmos Man interprets conscious gestation as volume and form and depicts various stages of gestation as particular proportions contained within a sphere. Proportionality creating form and rhythms in our daily life are functions known as neters in Egyptian language. An example of natural form and rhythm is the cycle of our hours based upon days, upon the revolution of the Earth, upon the lunar, around the equinoxes, around the solar calendar and so on. Neters have different implied esoteric terms pertaining to their functions, mathematical equations and geometric laws. The Pharaohs appointed distinct symbols and developed many items of measure befitting these neters, some of which are known as fathoms, cubits and canons. Architects enveloped the Temples with such engineering and design that when the entire complex or even just fragments of itself was viewed as a model, monumental points such as foundations, joints, bas-reliefs, transparencies, murals and hieroglyphics contained the philosophy and teachings of the Ancient Pharaohs. Anthropocosmos Man views himself as true physical expression of the genesis of functions and believes Man to be the center of the Universe.

Anthropocosmos Man had configured the vital moment of Genesis in mathematical terms and was able to express this creation by way of geometry propagating into greater proportions. They had realized the square roots of 2, 3, and 5, and the perpetual golden mean ratio "phi" associated with pentagonal and hexagonal geometry expressed in the physical development of organic creatures in relationship to the growth and size of their different body parts. The Temple of Luxor is architecturally rendered to exhibit within its design the same proportions as the proportions of Man, thus also exhibiting the mathematical and geometrical structure of the Cosmos and its locale within human consciousness. Pharaonic Consciousness not only recognized Man as the center of the Universe but was also able to formally equate it as well. In The Temple of Man, Schwaller addresses the famous Mathematical Rhind Papyrus's content and dissects it revealing their knowledge of mathematical and geometrical laws and functions.

Music to the ears engages the Universe. This Pharaonic conception divides vibrations into proportioned intervals known as tones. These tones coagulate and multiply into spherical volume resulting in resonant harmonics and unity of chords creating form, beauty and consciousness. The inner ear was therefore recognized as one of the main keys utilized to enter the gates of wisdom and knowledge. This natural form of creation is everywhere at all moments and has self-cognition. This innate knowledge is carried throughout all vibrations and travels everywhere through multiple harmonic passages creating, in effect, geometric structure and form. Therefore, in simple terms, Cosmic Man's interpretation of consciousness is vibrational volume expanding from the center of a sphere proportioned harmonically and containing innate knowledge.
Anthropocosmos Man, relating consciousness to volume and volume as spheres, and perceiving that our entire Universe functions under these principles, deduced that our solar system consisted of consistent terms of proportionality, and geometric structure. Their knowledge of the gearing system of our Universe was expressed through their Temples and measuring devices. The extent of accuracy associated with astronomical events and celestial time is uncanny. The geodetic