Megalithic Monuments · Vol. 1 · 1997
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K2, Quest of the Gods tests the geometry of this book against the mountain.
Available editions
Buy Paperback on AmazonChinese edition陕西师范大学出版社, 2003. Issued by 紫图图书 (ZITO).
Related lecturesWere the great stone monuments only tombs that happen to face the sky? Thoth, Architect of the Universe is Ellis’ first published book, and the first of the two megalithic studies. It treats Giza and the British megaliths as one designed astronomical system, with a shared design language, and it names Thoth as the architectural intelligence of that system. The geometry is his proposal. It is not the standard archaeological account of either Giza or Stonehenge. Readers who want the monuments read as instruments, rather than as graves alone, begin here.
What you'll explore
- Giza as a geometric and astronomical instrument
- Shared design language with northern megaliths
- Thoth as the architectural intelligence of the system
In the journal
On Ancient Origins
- Star Shaft Pointing - Busted: Debunking the Star Shaft Theory of the Great Pyramid — 22 August 2015. Their page, not a chapter pasted here.
- Imperial Measures and the Pyramids — 16 July 2014. Their page, not a chapter pasted here.
- Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid - Part 2 — 3 July 2014. Their page, not a chapter pasted here.
- Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza — 2 July 2014. Their page, not a chapter pasted here.
- Henge of the World — 22 June 2014. Their page, not a chapter pasted here.
Read a Published Excerpt
Ancient Origins published a passage drawn from Thoth, Architect of the Universe and K2, Quest of the Gods on 3 July 2014. Read the published excerpt on their website.
Tunnel Vision, part 2Lecture theatre
Lectures from this book
Lecture 11Megaliths of the Near East
50:51. 26 February 2020. 9.4K views. YouTube.
Standing stones and temples east of the Mediterranean, read as the same design tradition as Giza and the Atlantic façade.
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Talk 9Dating the pyramids
25:15. 29 July 2020. 6.4K views. YouTube.
When the pyramids were built, judged here from erosion and later repairs rather than from the date repeated in the textbooks.
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Talk 14Star shafts at Giza
25:02. 20 May 2022. 3.3K views. YouTube.
The internal shafts of the Great Pyramid as sight-lines, not ventilation.
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Talk 15Megaliths 66,000 years old?
1:16:43. 26 May 2022. 6.4K views. YouTube.
A dating challenge to the orthodox timeline of stone architecture in the Near East.
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In this series
Megalithic Monuments
Megalithic Monuments
K2, Quest of the Gods
Pyramids in the high ranges