100. <strong>The</strong> story is told in the Westcar Papyrus (Berlin Museum). See Miroslav Verner, Abusir: Realm <strong>of</strong> Osiris (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2002), 70. 101. Malek and Baines, <strong>The</strong> Cultural Atlas: <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>, 154. 102. Verner, Abusir: <strong>The</strong> Realm <strong>of</strong> Osiris. 103. David G. Jeffreys, “<strong>The</strong> Topography <strong>of</strong> Heliopolis and Memphis: Some Cognitive Aspects,” in R Stadelmann, H. Guksch, and D Polz, eds., Stationen: Beitrage zur Kulturgeschichte Agyptens (Mainz: von Zabern, 1998), 63–71. 104. For hieroglyphic signs and allocated code, visit: http://pagespersoorange.fr/hieroglyphes/Hieroglyphica%20=%20A.htm. 105. Stefan Kröpelin and Rudolph Kuper, “More Corridors to Africa,” in B. Gratien, ed., Mélanges <strong>of</strong>ferts à Francis Geus (Villeneuve-d’Ascq: Université Charles-de-Gaulle, 2007), 219–29. APPENDIX 1. BACK TO THE FIRST TIME: VEGA, SIRIUS, AND ORION AGREE AT GIZA 1. Wendorf, Holocene Settlement <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Egypt</strong>ian Sahara, vol. 1, 489. 2. W. M. F. Petrie, <strong>The</strong> Pyramids and Temples <strong>of</strong> Gizeh (London, n.p., 1883). 3. Lehner, <strong>The</strong> Complete Pyramids. 4. Petrie, <strong>The</strong> Pyramids and Temples <strong>of</strong> Gizeh. 5. RA = 201.03, Dec = 287.47 milliarcseconds per year. From SIMBAD Astronomical Database, http://simbad.ustrasbg.fr/simbad/simid?protocol=html&Ident=vega (accessed February 2010). 6. RA = -546.05, Dec = -1223.14 milliarcseconds per year. From SIMBAD Astronomical Database, http://simbad.ustrasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Sirius&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id(accessed February 2010). 7. An online calculator is available at htp://wise-obs.tau.ac.il. 8. Lehner, <strong>The</strong> Complete Pyramids, 17. 9. See R. M. Schoch, “Geological Evidence Pertaining to the Age <strong>of</strong> the Great Sphinx,” New Scenarious on the Evolution <strong>of</strong> the Solar System and Consequences on History <strong>of</strong> Earth and Man, Emilio Spedicato and Adalberto Notarpietro, editors, Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Conference, Milano and Bergamo, June 7–9, 1999, Universita degil Studi di Bergamo, Quaderni del Dipartmento di Matematica, Statistica, Informatica ed Applicazion, Serie Miscellanea, Anno 2002, N.3, pp. 171–203 (also available online at www .robertschoch.com/geodarasphinx.htm). 10. R. M. Schoch, Voyages <strong>of</strong> the Pyramid Builders (New York: Tarcher and Putnam, 2003). 11. Alberto Siliotti, Guide to the Pyramids <strong>of</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong> (New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1997). 12. Lehner, <strong>The</strong> Complete Pyramids. 13. Edwards, <strong>The</strong> Pyramids <strong>of</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>. 14. Lehner, <strong>The</strong> Complete Pyramids, 17. 15. Edwards, <strong>The</strong> Pyramids <strong>of</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>, 86. 16. R. M. Schoch and R. A. McNally, Pyramid Quest (New York: Penguin, 2005), 27. 17. Manly P. Hall, <strong>The</strong> Secret Teachings <strong>of</strong> All Ages (Radford, Va.: Wilder, 2007). 18. Siliotti, Guide to the Pyramids <strong>of</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>, preface by Zahi Hawass. 19. Klaus Schmidt: Sie bauten die ersten Tempel. Das rätselhafte Heiligtum der Steinzeitjäger (München: n.p., 2006). 20. Brophy, <strong>The</strong> Origin Map: Discovery <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Prehistoric</strong> Megalithic Astrophysical Map <strong>of</strong> the Universe; Thomas G. Brophy, <strong>The</strong> Mechanism Demands a Mysticism (Blue Hill, Maine: Medicine Bear), 1999. 21. G. Hancock and R. Bauval, <strong>The</strong> Message <strong>of</strong> the Sphinx (New York: Crown, 1996). 22. Rundle Clark, Myth and Symbol in <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong> (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978).
APPENDIX 2. SOTHIC CYCLES AND IMHOTEP’S CALENDAR WALL 1. M. F. Ingham, “<strong>The</strong> Length <strong>of</strong> the Sothic Cycle,” Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>ian Archaeology 55 (1969): 36–40. 1. E-mail from Schild, May 26, 2008. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. APPENDIX 3. SAVING NABTA PLAYA
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