num_pages: 320
description: An Exploration of ImhotepArchitect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara High Priest of Ra and Royal Astronomeras Well as His Influence as the True Father of African Civilization.In this groundbreaking book Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep an ancient Egyptian superstar pharaonic Da Vinci Michelangelo Galileo and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara Bauval and Brophy delve into observational astronomy to decode the alignments and other design features of the Step Pyramid Complex to uncover the true origins and genius of Imhotep. Like a whodunit detective story they follow the clues that take them on an exhilarating magical mystery tour starting at Saqqara leading them to temples in Upper Egypt and to the stones of Nabta Playa and the black African stargazers who placed them there. Imhotep the African describes how Imhotep was the ancient link to the birth of modern civilization restoring him to his proper place at the center of the birthing of Egyptian and world civilization.
language: English
title: Imhotep the African: Architect of the Cosmos
publisher: Disinformation Books