The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid: Table of Contents

The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid, by C. Staniland Wake, [1882], at sacred-texts.com

CHAPTER I
THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY
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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
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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
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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.