The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx provides a reliable and insightful guide to the meaning and origin of the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, and associated monuments on the Giza Plateau.

Cutting through speculation and conservative attidudes, this guide offers authoritative conclusions about the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx and other Old Kingdom monuments of Egypt.

A new generation of Egyptologists have established these monuments were used for initiatory religions, similar to the Greek Mysteries.

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* A new interpretation of the mystical themes embodied in the architecture and features of...

This guide to the famous rock churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia is the only book that explores the deeper mystical purpose implied in its artworks and cultural context.

*Tour these extraordinary underground sanctuaries, and see how to read their architecture
* Learn of rare reports about Lalibela from travelers in earlier centuries
* Read actual texts from the Life of King Lalibela, describing how his 3-day mystical sleep inspired him to build these ten buildings

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* Ancient Egyptian sun-god beliefs embedded in Lalibelas cosmic view of Christianity
* The Church of the Virgin Mary...

Stonehenge revealed Drawing on extensive research Damien Pryor lets you in on Stonehenge's surprising secrets: * How mysterious shadow-fields were created by Megalithic Druidic priests at Stonehenge, Cornwall and Carnac * The reason for the shape of Stonehenge * The key celestial alignments Stonehenge was designed to observe * Why the ancient priesthood wanted to observe these alignments * Its cultural-religious context in the Salisbury Plains * The context of other sacred sites in the British Isles * The implications of a Mycenaean ritual gold dagger being found near Stonehenge * The...

Discover the astonishing purpose and influence of the greatest Celtic site in Europe in the only book written about this site in the English language * Why the Externsteine was the most sacred site of the primal European Celts, from about 2,500 BC? * Why do mystical texts of the Icelandic Edda refer to this site? * How did the high priestess of the Teutonic tribes cause the most catastrophic military defeat the Romans ever suffered? * Why did Charlemagne attack it, in his war against the Teutonic tribes? Discover: * Strange chambers designed for the solstice and lunar node observation *...