ISBN10: 1594772711, ISBN13: 9781594772719, [publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, United States, Rochester] Softcover Shrouded in mystery for centuries, the Sphinx of Giza has frustrated many who have attempted to discover its original purpose. Accounts exist of the Sphinx as an oracle, as a kings burial chamber, and as a temple for initiation into the Hermetic Mysteries. Egyptologists have argued for decades about whether there are secret chambers underneath the Sphinx, why the head-to-body ratio is out of proportion, and whose face adorns it. In The Sphinx Mystery, Robert Temple addresses the many mysteries of the Sphinx. He presents eyewitness accounts, published over a period of 281 years, of people who saw the secret chambers and even went inside them before they were sealed in 1926--accounts that had been forgotten until the author rediscovered them. He also describes his own exploration of a tunnel at the rear of the Sphinx, perhaps used for obtaining sacred divinatory dreams. Robert Temple reveals that the Sphinx was originally a monumental Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god, and that its face is that of a Middle Kingdom Pharaoh, Amenemhet II, which was a later re-carving. In addition, he provides photographic evidence of ancient sluice gate traces to demonstrate that, during the Old Kingdom, the Sphinx as Anubis sat surrounded by a moat filled with water--called Jackal Lake in the ancient Pyramid Texts--where religious ceremonies were held. He also ...

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United States: Inner Traditions, Date: 2009. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Explorers the theory that the Sphinx of Giza was orginally a monumental Anubis, the Egyptian jackal-headed god, that was later recarved. Extensively researched with bibliography. Inner Traditions 2009. illus x + 566pp pb fine 2009. Inner Traditions ISBN 1594772711 9781594772719 [GB]

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Inner Traditions, Date: 2009-01-20. Paperback. Used: Good. 2009. Inner Traditions ISBN 1594772711 9781594772719 [US]

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Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions, Date: 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book has some minor surface wear. . 2009. Inner Traditions ISBN 1594772711 9781594772719 [US]