A Miracle in Stone Or,; The Great Pyramid of Egypt [Paperback]

Joseph Augustus Seiss (Author)

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Publication Date: January 5, 2012

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1877. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The History. There is no known time within our historic periods when this pyramid was not famous. Herodotus, the so-called Father of History, as early as 445 B.C., made a personal examination of it, and devoted some most interesting paragraphs to it. It was then already considered very ancient. Traditional accounts of its erection he gathered through an interpreter from an Egyptian priest, and these he has recorded with much particularity. His own appreciation of the structure, and of the causeway over which the materials were conveyed, was th.vt of wonder and admiration.* Homer does not seem to make any allusion to it, perhaps for the reason that it had no connection with mythology, or with any of his heroes. Eratosthenes (236 B.C.), Diodorus Siculus (60 B.C.), and Strabo and Pliny (about the beginning of our era), all wrote of it. The latter, in referring to the Pyramids, also says, "The authors who have written upon them are Herodotus, Euhemerus, Durius Samius, Aristagoras, Dionysius, Artemedorus, Alexander, Polyhistor, Butorides, Autisthenes, Demetrius, Deraoteles, and Apion."* * See Rawlinson's Herodotus, Book II, chap. 124, vol. 2, pp 169-176. But though the Great Pyramid has been standing in its place for 4000 years, it is only within a very recent period that there has been any rational appreciation of it. For 3000 years of its existence, up to the time of the mediaeval Caliph Al Mamoun, no mortal man, perhaps, ever penetrated into its upper passages and main openings. Certainly, for many centuries before him, it was completely closed up, no entrance to it being known any more to any human being. This son of Haroun Al Raschid of the "Arabian Nights," flattered and almost worshipped as a god, was so wrought upon by the romancers and fabulists of his court tha...

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• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: General Books LLC (January 5, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1150419695
• ISBN-13: 978-1150419690
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Poor Edition, February 8, 2002

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This review is from: Miracle in Stone: or the Great Pyramid of Egypt (Paperback)

Having read this excellent work before, I wanted to acquire a fresh copy of it for sharing from my library. Unfortunately, this paperback edition is merely a very poor photocopy (yes, photocopy!) of the small out-of-print paperback edition that I already had. Too bad.

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5.0 out of 5 stars As amazing as the Great Pyramid, December 29, 2010

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In four months I am going on a cruise, and one of the points of interest is Alexandria. From there, according to the advertisements of the cruise line, I will be able to journey to Cairo and see the Great Pyramid.

Having little knowledge other than that gained in school, I sought to find out some details about the Great Pyramid. I scanned the ebook library for interesting--and cheap!--books on the subject. This book fit the bill.

Picture yourself in a large lecture hall of a university in England about 125 years ago. The lecturer is listing references, measurements, mathematical equations, historical facts, religious considerations, and an intimate knowledge of the Great Pyramid in an effort to explain its importance. That is the feeling you get from this book. It is long. It is often difficult and tedious to follow. The references are obscure and the calculations are numbing. But I couldn't put the book down!

The lectures are written in the style of 19th-century Great Britain--a bit cumbersome and a bit haughty. I was, however, amused by the author's intolerance of anything French, especially the metric system.

According to the author, the measurements of the Pyramid form a perfect Square of a Circle, which translates to Earth, the Cosmos, Heaven, God, and Christianity! Not only that, but--to build the Pyramids--God directed descendents of ...

Oh, I've almost given it away! This is not an easy book. It is not light reading. But I read and read and read--at home, in a parking lot, and in the Ford Customer Lounge. I liked it...and it was cheap.

>>Update: My cruise line cancelled its stop for a visit to the Pyramids. Because of the instability in the region, we're going to Turkey instead. I suppose Egyptian liberty is more important than my 12-hour tour. Maybe next time...