Beneath the pyramids of Egypt lies a lost underworld of catacombs, hewn chambers, and cave tunnels. They are alluded to in ancient texts and Arab legends, but have been lost for almost two millennium. They have now been rediscovered and investigated for the first time by science and history writer Andrew Collins. What now awaits discovery at Giza, and what exactlydoes this subterranean realm tell us about the pyramids, their relationship to the stars, and the mythical origins of Egyptian civilization? Lavishly illustrated with color photos, this is a breathtaking personal journey of exploration and discovery. B E N E A T H T H E P Y R A M I D S EGYPT'S GREATEST SECRET REVEALED? To buy BENEATH THE PYRAMIDS, Andrew's new book on the quest to find Giza's cave underworld, from Amazon click. To buy straight from the publisher, 4th Dimension Press, click. Secure BENEATH THE PYRAMIDS signed, direct from the author by clicking A Comprehensive Introduction to Andrew Collins's new book released in September 2009 1. Beneath the Pyramids by Andrew Collins, 718, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Andrew Collins Beneath The PyramidsTHE LOST CATACOMBS In 1817, Sir Henry Salt, British Counsel General to Egypt, along with the maverick Italian explorer Giovanni Caviglia, explored a spacious tomb west of the Great Pyramid. It was part of a systematic investigation of Giza's famous necropolis in their unerring bid to find, and convey back to their own countries, antiquities and treasures of every kind, whether of commercial or philological value. The Sphinx as drawn by the Italian explorer Giovanni Caviglia in 1817. Playstation 2 isos. After exploring a crack in the rock, Salt and Caviglia unexpectedly found themselves peering inside a chasm-like chamber, partly hewn, partly natural, which opened up into a maze of subterranean passages. After traveling for a distance of some several hundred yards, the two men chanced upon a spacious chamber that linked to three other chambers of equal size, from which went various 'labyrinthick' passages. Salt left Caviglia to explore one of them, he having become bored by these empty corridors and chambers. The Italian followed one for a distance of 300 feet before giving up, having found no obvious antiquities. Only one allusion to Salt and Caviglia's discoveries was ever published, and this was in O quarto do despejo download. J.J.Hall's 'Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt' (1834). Page 92 states: 'The next undertaking of Caviglia was to examine the catacombs in the vicinity of the Pyramids. Those to the west of them do not appear to have possessed any peculiar interest; he and Mr. Salt entered some few, but found them too uninviting to induce them to prosecute their research; and though Captain Caviglia subsequently penetrated into one of the many 'labyrinthick' passages observed, to the distance of three hundred feet, yet he met with nothing to compensate him for the attempt.'
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