In this pioneering study West documents that: Hieroglyphs carry hermetic messages that convey the subtler realities of the Sacred Science of the Pharaohs. Egyptian science, medicine, mathematics, and astronomy were more sophisticated than most modern Egyptologists acknowledge. Egyptian knowledge of the universe was a legacy from a highly sophisticated civilization that flourished thousands of years ago. The great Sphinx represents geological proof that such a civilization existed. This revised edition includes a new introduction linking Egyptian spiritual science with the perennial wisdom tradition and an appendix updating West's work in redating the Sphinx. Illustrated with over 140 photographs and line drawings.

    Scientific and technological advances have made possible the postmortem examination of a young girl dead for more than 2,000 years that was undertaken by the staff members of Manchester University and televised by the BBC for a world-wide audience.Rosalie David led the investigative team of hospital radiographers and police fingerprint experts: she introduces this account of their work as they revealed the methods behind the ritual of preservation. She and her fellow scientists found valuable new information about the living standards, health, and medical problems of the ancient Egyptians, and as the investigation continued a new mystery began to emerge which was not solved until the final scientific tests.

    

    The authors of this fascinating book describe the unfolding disaster in detail and explain why lack of success was almost inevitable. In military terms not only were there misunderstandings between the British and French but serious equipment shortages and outdated attitudes. Most damaging of all were the political constraints, which led to continual prevarication and affected planning and operations on the ground. Drawing on official documents, and personal accounts of politicians and military men, the authors reveal the depths of deception that were employed to defy the UN, keep key allies (notably the USA) and Parliament in the dark and face down the service chiefs and public hostility