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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,564 ratings — published 1995
Chariots of the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.53 — 17,817 ratings — published 1968
Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,862 ratings — published 2015
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,720 ratings — published 2010
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.76 — 120,204 ratings — published -2000
Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.16 — 664 ratings — published 1979
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,705 ratings — published 2019
Nefertiti (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,159 ratings — published 2007
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,339 ratings — published 2010
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.74 — 13,027 ratings — published 2014
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,032,908 ratings — published 2011
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.27 — 182,344 ratings — published 2012
Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.25 — 13,754 ratings — published 1953
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,850 ratings — published 2002
The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,945 ratings — published 1976
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.26 — 166,225 ratings — published 2017
Cleopatra's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.12 — 30,957 ratings — published 2009
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,242 ratings — published -1500
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,374,058 ratings — published 2018
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.06 — 82,849 ratings — published 2015
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,682 ratings — published 2007
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,383,172 ratings — published 2006
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.57 — 488,134 ratings — published 2013
Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.02 — 461 ratings — published 2012
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.18 — 229,734 ratings — published 2011
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,205,014 ratings — published -800
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.05 — 582 ratings — published 1965
The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,558 ratings — published 1993
The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.26 — 743 ratings — published 1998
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,568 ratings — published 2023
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,008 ratings — published 2007
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.93 — 63,201 ratings — published 2017
The Popol Vuh (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,808 ratings — published 1550
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,919 ratings — published 2005
Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.88 — 188 ratings — published 1992
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.47 — 679,794 ratings — published 2012
The Heretic Queen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.21 — 26,812 ratings — published 2008
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.40 — 673,632 ratings — published 2011
Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.71 — 645 ratings — published 2014
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,468,433 ratings — published 2005
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,450 ratings — published 1958
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,159,925 ratings — published 2009
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.24 — 73,618 ratings — published 1934
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,230,274 ratings — published 2007
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,480 ratings — published 1993
Pyramid (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,444 ratings — published 1975
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.04 — 60,282 ratings — published 1942
The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,970 ratings — published 1992
Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 3.71 — 106 ratings — published 2003
سینوهه (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-civilizations)
avg rating 4.22 — 28,330 ratings — published 1945
“Current theories regarding the function and construction of the pyramid fall short. A credible theory would have to explain the following conditions found inside the Great Pyramid:
-The selection of granite as the building material for the King's Chamber. It is evident that in choosing granite, the builders took upon themselves an extremely difficult task.
-The presence of four superfluous chambers above the King's Chamber.
-The characteristics of the giant granite monoliths that were used to separate these so-called "construction chambers."
-The presence of exuviae, or the cast-off shells of insects, that coated the chamber above the King's Chamber, turning those who entered black.
-The violent disturbance in the King's Chamber that expanded its walls and cracked the beams in its ceiling but left the rest of the Great Pyramid seemingly undisturbed.
-The fact that the guardians were able to detect the disturbance inside the King's Chamber, when there was little or no exterior evidence of it.
-The reason the guardians thought it necessary to smear the cracks in the ceiling of the King's Chamber with cement.
-The fact that two shafts connect the King's Chamber to the outside.
-The design logic for these two shafts—their function, dimensions, features, and so forth.”
― The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt
-The selection of granite as the building material for the King's Chamber. It is evident that in choosing granite, the builders took upon themselves an extremely difficult task.
-The presence of four superfluous chambers above the King's Chamber.
-The characteristics of the giant granite monoliths that were used to separate these so-called "construction chambers."
-The presence of exuviae, or the cast-off shells of insects, that coated the chamber above the King's Chamber, turning those who entered black.
-The violent disturbance in the King's Chamber that expanded its walls and cracked the beams in its ceiling but left the rest of the Great Pyramid seemingly undisturbed.
-The fact that the guardians were able to detect the disturbance inside the King's Chamber, when there was little or no exterior evidence of it.
-The reason the guardians thought it necessary to smear the cracks in the ceiling of the King's Chamber with cement.
-The fact that two shafts connect the King's Chamber to the outside.
-The design logic for these two shafts—their function, dimensions, features, and so forth.”
― The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt
“Egyptologists claim that Khufu began construction of his pyramid so it would be completed in time to accept his corpse. I should imagine that while he was considering what style of pyramid he wanted, he would have been consulting his architects and engineers to see what was feasible. He also might have been interested in knowing how long it would take to build and how much it would cost. Using today's technology, modern stonecutters have estimated that it would take at least twenty-seven years just to quarry and deliver the stone. I wonder how long it would have taken Khufu's men using simple, primitive methods?”
― The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt
― The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt
