{"product_id":"9781101143667","title":"Pyramid Quest: Secrets of the Great Pyramid and the Dawn of Civilization","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Egyptologist acclaimed for re-dating the Great Sphinx at\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGiza\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esets his sights on one of the true mysteries of antiquity: the Great Pyramid of Giza.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the Great Pyramid of Giza? Ask that basic question of a traditional Egyptologist, and you get the basic, traditional answer: a fancy tombstone for a self-important pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. This, Egyptologists argue, is the sole finding based on the data, and the only deduction supported by science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy implication, anyone who dissents from this point of view is unscientific and woolly-minded-a believer in magic and ghosts. Indeed, some of the unconventional ideas about the Great Pyramid do have a spectacularly fabulous ring to them. Yet from beneath the obvious terms of this controversy, a deeper, more significant question arises: how is it that the Great Pyramid exercises such a gripping hold on the human psyche- adding cryptic grace to the back of the one-dollar bill and framing myriad claims of New Age \"pyramid power\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePyramid Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert M. Schoch and Robert Aquinas McNally use the rigorous intellectual analysis of scientific inquiry to investigate what we know about the Great Pyramid, and develop a stunning hypothesis: This ancient monument is the strongest proof yet that civilization began thousands of years earlier than is generally thought, extending far back into a little-known time. In tracing that story, we come to understand not only the Great Pyramid but also our own origins as civilized beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072691355888,"sku":"9781101143667","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101143667_p0.jpg?v=1763685442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101143667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}