Before the pyramids
Subtitle: cracking archaeology's greatest mystery
By: Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
Contributors: Butler, Alan, 1951-
Publisher: Watkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781906787387; 9781906787257
Subjects: Megalithic monuments; Ancient Civilization; Pyramids; Antiquities; Monuments mégalithiques; Civilisation ancienne; Pyramides; Antiquités
Description: Christopher Knight and Alan Butler establish conclusively that even before the last ice age an advanced civilization existed that had knowledge of Megalithic and metric measuring systems and of the Earth's size--and that fragments of this culture were preserved. They explain how the oldest, most enigmatic of the Neolithic monuments--the henges of North Yorkshire--were planned, what their purpose actually was, what amazing connection they have to the later Pyramids of Giza, and why both henges and pyramids are earthly representations of the stars in Orion's belt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.