The Message of the Sphinx. A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind. Graham Hancock. Robert Bauval

The Message of the Sphinx. A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind. Ancient Egypt. Graham Hancock. Robert Bauval

I've had "The Message of the Sphinx" by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval on my bookshelf for a while and decided to read through it. I am, of course, familiar with the geological theory that water erosion on the body of the Sphinx points to it being much, much older than is commonly stated (the usual estimate is that the Sphinx is around 4,000 years old. The erosion theory suggests the age is actually closer to 12,000 years). This book explores that research and much more.



NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two Egypt experts posit a revolutionary theory: The Sphinx and other great Egyptian monuments are older than common history books tell us and are arranged in such a way as to send us a message from the silent past.

Guardian of the ancient mysteries, the keeper of secrets . . . For thousands of years the Great Sphinx of Egypt has gazed toward the east, its eyes focused on eternity, reading a message in the stars that mankind has long forgotten. And today as our civilization stands poised at the end of a great cycle, it is a message that beckons insistently to be understood.
All the clues are in place. Geology and archeo-astronomy have already indicated that the lion-bodied Sphinx may be vastly older than Egyptologists currently believe, dating not from 2500 B.C., but from 10,500 B.C.—the beginning of the astrological Age of Leo. And we now know that the three pyramids of Giza, standing on high ground half a mile to the west of the Sphinx, are in fact a precise map of the three stars of Orion’s belt, formed in fifteen million tons of solid stone.

Are these monuments trying to tell us something? And, if so, what?

In The Message of the Sphinx, Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock present a tour de force of historical and scientific detective work that unravels the millennial code embodied in these structures. Using sophisticated computer simulations of ancient skies, they unravel the riddle of the Sphinx, and they present a startling new theory concerning the enigmatic Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian scriptures.
Their discoveries lead the authors to this question: Does mankind have a rendezvous with destiny—a rendezvous not in the future, but in the distant past, at a precise place and time?

The secrets can be kept no longer. The Message of the Sphinx brings them to light.

"Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith" by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith

by Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval

Doubleday, 2004

Brief Review by Travis Simpkins

     Begun in the early 1990's and published in 2004, Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval offers an in-depth and open look at a hidden subject. The content of the book was expanded in 2011 and re-released under a new title, The Master Game.

     In essence, this well-written volume attempts to "trace the course through history of two interrelated underground religions, Gnosticism and Hermeticism." Ever subdued and reemerging, the theory suggests this hidden faith and it's mystic teachings were protected and passed down to the present day by way of Ancient Egyptian astronomer priests, Gnostic and Hermetic sages, Cathars, the Knights Templar, Renaissance scholars, the Rosicrucians, the Illuminati and the Freemasons. Well known historic leaders, intellectuals and innovators played key roles in the secret enlightenment, including Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Medici Dynasty, Dr. John Dee, Giordano Bruno, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sir Christopher Wren, Albert Pike, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other American Founding Fathers.

     Examining how this secret religion and it's Masonic symbols and ideals have shaped the modern world, great emphasis is placed on the street design and monument placement in major cities and their alignment with the stars. Ancient Egypt seems to be an ever-present reference point. Aerial views of Paris and Washington, DC show intriguing similarities with proposed plans of post-fire London, as well as with ancient cities like Rome, Heliopolis and Alexandria. 

     The bulk of the book is fascinating and by no means anti-Masonic, presented as an open-minded academic and intellectual journey down the paths of possibility that interweave through Masonic history. Overall, the tome lays out an original idea, and is a free-thinking and enjoyable 500-page sojourn.

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Benben Stone

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Isis

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Giordano Bruno

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Piazza San Pietro

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Jacques De Molay

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Paris

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Great Seal

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Fountain

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Freemasonry

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Freemasonry

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Luxor

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Paris

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: New York

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: London

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Glass Pyramid, Paris

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Napoleon

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Washington, DC

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: George Washington

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Washington, DC

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: George Washington Masonic Memorial

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: George Washington

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: House of the Temple

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval: Egyptian Room

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

Talisman. Sacred Cities, Secret Faith. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

"The Master Game" by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

The Master Game

by Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval

Disinformation, 2011

Brief Review by Travis Simpkins

     Begun in the early 1990's, some of the research conducted by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval for The Master Game: Unmasking the Secrets Rulers of the Wold was previously released in an earlier book titled Talisman. The Master Game is a bulked-up and more comprehensive work, expanding and updating the material for a 21st Century perspective.

     In essence, this well-written volume attempts to "trace the course through history of two interrelated underground religions, Gnosticism and Hermeticism." Ever subdued and reemerging, the theory suggests this hidden faith and it's mystic teachings were protected and passed down to the present day by way of Ancient Egyptian astronomer priests, Gnostic and Hermetic sages, Cathars, the Knights Templar, Renaissance scholars, the Rosicrucians, the Illuminati and the Freemasons. Well known historic leaders, intellectuals and innovators played key roles in the secret enlightenment, including Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Medici Dynasty, Dr. John Dee, Giordano Bruno, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sir Christopher Wren, Albert Pike, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other American Founding Fathers.

     Examining how this secret religion and it's Masonic symbols and ideals have shaped the modern world, great emphasis is placed on the street design and monument placement in major cities and their alignment with the stars. Ancient Egypt seems to be an ever-present reference point. Aerial views of Paris and Washington, DC show intriguing similarities with proposed plans of post-fire London, as well as with ancient cities like Rome, Heliopolis and Alexandria. 

     The first 90% of the book is fascinating and by no means anti-Masonic, presented as an open-minded academic and intellectual journey down the paths of possibility that interweave through Masonic history. The last chapters, however, deal with the modern Israeli/Palestinian conflict and tend to delve deeper into the realm of conspiracy views. Overall, the tome lays out an original idea, and is a free-thinking and enjoyable 600-page sojourn.

Egyptian Pyramids- Giza: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Hermetic Alchemy: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Isis Unveiled - Louvre: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Alexander the Great: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

The Knights Templar: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Temple Mount - Jerusalem: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Sir Christopher Wren: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

The Structure of Freemasonry: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Count Cagliostro: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Count Cagliostro: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

The Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Loge Bonaparte: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Napoleon Bonaparte Enthroned: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Paris, France: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Washington, DC: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

The Statue of Liberty: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Washington, DC: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Benjamin Franklin, Freemason: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

George Washington Masonic Ceremony: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

George Washington, Freemason: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

George Washington Masonic Memorial: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

IM Pei - Pyramid, Louvre: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Albert Pike, Scottish Rite Freemason: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

House of the Temple. Washington, DC: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Missing Obelisk. Luxor, Egypt: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Obelisk. Paris, France: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Washington Monument: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Harry S. Truman, Freemason: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Robert Bauval: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Pyramids. Egypt. Millennium: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Robert Bauval, Zahi Hawass and Graham Hancock: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Robert Bauval and Isis: The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Talisman. The Master Game. Graham Hancock

Robert Bauval- "The Master Game"