Robert Bauval
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Robert Bauval | |
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Born | Alexandria, Egypt | 5 March 1948
Occupation | Writer and lecturer |
Education | British Boys' School |
Alma mater | Franciscan College |
Notable works | The Orion Mystery |
Website | |
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Robert Bauval (born 5 March 1948) is an Egyptian writer and lecturer, perhaps best known for the fringe
Early life
Bauval was born in
Writing career
In late 1992, Bauval had been trying to obtain a translation of
Orion Correlation Theory
Bauval is specifically known for the
One night in 1983, while working in
The Orion Correlation Theory has been described as a form of
Krupp also pointed out that the slightly-bent line formed by the three pyramids was deviated towards the North, whereas the slight "kink" in the line of Orion's Belt was deformed to the South, meaning that a direct correlation would require one or the other to be inverted.[10] Indeed, this is what was done in the original book by Bauval and Gilbert (The Orion Mystery), which compared images of the pyramids and Orion without revealing that the pyramids' map had been inverted.[11] Krupp and Fairall find other problems with the claims, including the point that if the Sphinx is meant to represent the constellation of Leo, then it should be on the opposite side of the Nile (the 'Milky Way') from the pyramids ('Orion'),[9][10] that the vernal equinox around 10,500 BCE was in Virgo and not Leo,[9] and that the constellations of the Zodiac originate from Mesopotamia and were unknown in Egypt at the time.[11]
Atlantis Reborn documentary
On 4 November 1999, the BBC broadcast a documentary entitled Atlantis Reborn which tested the ideas of Robert Bauval and his colleague, Graham Hancock. Bauval and Hancock afterwards complained to the BSC (Broadcasting Standards Commission) that they had been treated unfairly. A hearing followed and in November 2000 the BSC ruled in favour of the documentary makers on all but one of the ten principal complaints brought by Hancock and Bauval.
The BSC dismissed all but one of the complaints, with the one being upheld being in respect of an omission of their rebuttal of a specific argument against the Orion Correlation Theory. In regard of the nine remaining complaints, the BSC ruled against Hancock and Bauval, concluding that they had not been treated unfairly in the criticism of their theories concerning carbon-dating, the Great Sphinx of Egypt, Cambodia's Angkor temples, Japan's Yonaguni formation and the mythical land of Atlantis.[12]
The BBC offered to broadcast a revised version of the documentary, which was welcomed by Hancock and Bauval. It was broadcast as Atlantis Reborn Again on 14 December 2000.[13] The revised documentary continued to present serious doubts about Bauval and Hancock's ideas, as held by astronomer Anthony Fairall, Ed Krupp of the Griffith Observatory, Egyptologist Kate Spence of Cambridge University and Eleanor Mannikka of the University of Michigan.[14]
Works
- The Orion Mystery (with Adrian Gilbert) (1994)
- Keeper of Genesis (with Graham Hancock) (1995)
- The Message of the Sphinx(with Graham Hancock) (May 1997)
- Secret Chamber (1999)
- Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith (with Graham Hancock) (2004)
- The Egypt Code (Oct 2006)
- Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt (with Thomas Brophy PhD) (April 2011)
- The Master Game: Unmasking the Secret Rulers of the World (Sept 2011)
- Breaking The Mirror of Heaven: The Conspiracy To Suppress The Voice of Ancient Egypt (with Ahmed Osman) (July 2012)
- Imhotep the African: Architect of the Cosmos (with Thomas Brophy) (Sept 1, 2013)
- The Vatican Heresy: Bernini and the Building of the Hermetic Temple of the Sun (with Chiara Hohenzollern and Sandro Zicari PhD) (March 2014)
- Secret Chamber Revisited: The Quest for the Lost Knowledge of Ancient Egypt (11 October 2014)
See also
- Archaeoastronomy
- Mythology
- Zahi Hawass
References
- ISBN 1-873616-02-3
- ^ Jane Robins, Media Correspondent (22 September 2011). "'Horizon' censured for unfair treatment". The Independent.
- ^ David Keys (21 September 2015). "EGYPTOLOGY / Trying to build heaven on earth: Controversial new". The Independent.
- ^ Barrett, David V. (18 August 2004). "Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith, by Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-415-30592-1.
- ISBN 1931882193.
- ^ The theory, known as the Orion Correlation Theory or OCT, was first published in Discussions in Egyptology (DE, Volume 13, 1989).
- ISBN 978-0-415-30592-1. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Fairall, Anthony (June 1999). "Precession and the layout of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b Krupp, Ed (February 1997). "Pyramid Marketing Schemes". Sky and Telescope. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b Krupp, Ed (2002). "Astronomical Integrity at Giza". The Antiquity of Man. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
- ^ Corporation, British Broadcasting. "BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - Atlantis Reborn Again".
- ^ Corporation, British Broadcasting. "BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - Atlantis Reborn Again".
- ^ Corporation, British Broadcasting. "BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - Atlantis Reborn Again".
External links
- Ed Krupp article: "Pyramid Marketing Schemes" Archived 12 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Jaromir Malek article: "Orion and the Giza pyramids"
- The Conscious Media Network interview with Robert Bauval (video)