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Summary: Astronomer and publisher attempt to fool the world
Review: I could write a review longer than this book discrediting most of the information in it. If you ignore the fact that they created a system of measuring to substantiate all of their work that is based on nothing but overactive imaginations and the instructions of God to Moses that no chisel can touch stone used for God's altar then you may be able to buy into this. Otherwise, you, like I will be wishing the authors were still alive so we could pull their brains out through their noses since they seem to have no use for them.
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Summary: It was boring and really hard to read..
Review: Once you get past his odd way of writing it gets interesting
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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: The book is an excellent work of a man dedicated to His science and religion. Even if you don't agree with Smyths summation, he still evokes one to question......What do we really know??, What if all we've been told about this one pyramid is wrong?? And What can the measurements of the great Pyramid tell us about the original builders knowledge of the world around him. His arguements are strong and yet unheard of by many.
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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: The book is an excellent work of a man dedicated to His science and religion. Even if you don't agree with Smyths summation, he still evokes one to question......What do we really know??, What if all we've been told about this one pyramid is wrong?? And What can the measurements of the great Pyramid tell us about the original builders knowledge of the world around him. His arguements are strong and yet unheard of by many.
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Summary: The Great Pyramid by Symth - outdated and ethnocentric.
Review: The Great Pyramid by Piazzi Smyth shows the state of knowledge regarding the pyramid at the end of the 19th century. On the positive side, Smyth documents the work of others showing how the constant "pi" is contained in the measurements of the pyramid. On the negative side, the author works hard to find "evidence" that the British inch, in fact the entire traditional weights and measures system of England, is derived from the same source as the those used by builders of the Great Pyramid and are thus somehow superior, even sacred, compared to other measurement systems. Smyth goes on to claim that the pyramid is in fact the work of a Canaanite/Israelite culture superior to the Egyptians that apparantly wandered to England. The "Lost Tribe" etc. Finally, the book is full of cultural bias, and even downright insults, against the ancient Egyptian cultures and religions. He constantly compares the wonderful 19th century Judeo-Christian religions with what he calls the profane, ugly, and even evil, Egyptian practices. His endless attacks on these dead religions are strange and disturbing, and makes the book even harder to read than it already is...
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Summary: A "must read" for any serious student of the Great Pyramid
Review: This book is well worth a read. It is somewhat difficult to read, being written in Victorian English, but that adds to its appeal, since its literary complexity gives the reader an idea of how great minds helped science progress to what it is now. This book was long considered the authoritative text on the Great Pyramid, and it is not hard to see why. Its content is exhaustive, and a good example of "a job well done." I was pleasantly surprised to see how much mathematics, metrology, science, and Judeo-Christian (!) spiritual content exists within the Great Pyramid. Smyth, the then former Royal Astronomer of Scotland, also approaches the various points of view regarding its origin and construction very thoroughly. All in all, this book is worth the effort to read it and I would advise the reader to take his/her time (I spent 10 months on it) with it so that it can be fully enjoyed. What a challenging and neat book!
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Summary: INTERESTING
Review: VERY INTERESTING BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN THE LATE 1800'S. THE MATERIAL IS VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING BUT THE GRAMMATICAL STYLE, I FIND AGONIZING. I REALLY HAVE TO READ SLOWLY AND REREAD SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE POINT OF A PARAGRAPH. THE GRAMMAR IS SO BAD IT READS LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS UNEDUCATED TRIES TO SOUND ALOOF AND SCHOLARLY. IF THE GRAMMAR WAS IMPROVED THE BOOK WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER AND MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THE MATERIAL IS 5 STAR, THE GRAMMATICAL STYLE IS BELOW 1 STAR.HENCE THE SCORE OF 3 IS BUT THE BEST, BUT NOTWITHSTANDING THE POORNESS OF THE GRAMMAR, IS THAT IS OVERCOME BY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MATERIAL, THAT I FEEL I CAN MAXIMALLY POSSIBLY ASSIGN TO THIS MATERIALLY INTERESTING WORK. - AS PIAZZI SMYTH MAY HAVE STATED!!!
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Summary: INTERESTING
Review: VERY INTERESTING BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN THE LATE 1800'S. THE MATERIAL IS VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING BUT THE GRAMMATICAL STYLE, I FIND AGONIZING. I REALLY HAVE TO READ SLOWLY AND REREAD SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE POINT OF A PARAGRAPH. THE GRAMMAR IS SO BAD IT READS LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS UNEDUCATED TRIES TO SOUND ALOOF AND SCHOLARLY. IF THE GRAMMAR WAS IMPROVED THE BOOK WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER AND MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THE MATERIAL IS 5 STAR, THE GRAMMATICAL STYLE IS BELOW 1 STAR. HENCE THE SCORE OF 3 IS BUT THE BEST, BUT NOTWITHSTANDING THE POORNESS OF THE GRAMMAR, IS THAT IS OVERCOME BY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MATERIAL, THAT I FEEL I CAN MAXIMALLY POSSIBLY ASSIGN TO THIS MATERIALLY INTERESTING WORK. - AS PIAZZI SMYTH MAY HAVE STATED!!!
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