Table of Contents
Preface xv
Chapter 1 The City of the Sun 1
Imhotep and Heliopolis 2
El Massalah 6
The Bird of Creation and the Marking of Time 10
The Sothic Cycle 13
Zep Tepi-The "First Time" 17
The Mound of Creation 24
The Giza Mound 42
Chapter 2 Architect of the Cosmos 49
Notions of the Cosmos 50
Memphis-The White Wall 52
The Mokattam Quarries 56
Prussian Barons and Eccentric Englishmen 59
Netjerykhet and Djoser 62
The Lepsius Expedition 78
The "Black Box" of Imhotep 81
Seshat-Our Lady of the Stars 86
A Pedestal with No Statue 93
A Complex on the Scale of a City 96
Chapter 3 A Time Machine in Stone 105
Hallowed Ground 108
The Source of the Nile Flood 110
The Famine Stele 111
Astral Rebirth-Becoming an Akh 116
Remote Ancestors 132
In the Manner of Ancient Times 141
The Cosmic Connection 146
Strange Synchronicity 153
Chapter 4 The Star Temple of the Sahara 159
A Proto-Temple in the Desert 161
Coordinates and Directions 163
Alignments to Sirius and the Big Dipper 166
Cattle Cult 170
Water from the Sky 175
Chapter 5 Black-Skinned Ancestors 181
The Search for Imhotep's Tomb 182
The Armant Expedition 184
The Souls of Nekhen 186
Point of Contact 191
Nubia Today 197
Conclusion 201
Appendix I The Origins of the Benben Stone 203
Appendix II The Giza Diagonal and the Horizon of Khufu 219
Appendix III The Step Pyramids and Stellar Rituals 227
Appendix IV Measures and Mysteries at Nabta Playa 233
Bibliography 261
Endnotes 273
