The Orion Mystery

by Robert Bauval, Adrian Geoffrey Gilbert

This story unlocks many of the key secrets of the great Pyramids, their purpose, design, religious function and exact placing. It ties in intimately with the recent discovery by Rudolf Gantenbrink of a hidden tomb in the Pyramid of Cheops.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Egypt, Ancient History, Science, Religion, Archaeology

325 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

Robert Bauval was born in Egypt in 1948. A construction engineer, his interest in Egyptology is longstanding, having lived in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East for much of his life. In the 1980s, he developed a line of study linking the pyramids and the so-called Pyramid Texts with astronomy and famously published the best-selling The Orion Mystery. He has also written three books with best-selling author Graham Hancock (The Message of the Sphinx, Talisman, and The Mars Mystery).