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Summary: Bring your calculator...
Review: A disclaimer: although I don't believe a word of books like this, I do enjoy reading them, almost as a fiction novel.This book, however, streches the reader's "will to believe" just a little too far. Mr. Cotterell uses some pretty far out reasoning to "decode" all the treasures in Tutankhamun's tomb to support his thesis that the Egyptians had knowledge of complex sun-spot cycles. For example, starting on page 115, he decodes a picture on a throne found in the tomb. The image has one missing "sun disk", a problem? No! Just "borrow" one sun disk from the row above to give you the "proper" number of sun disks.. this specious reasoning goes on and on... Really, he takes and ties any number of objects (12, 31, 32, etc.) into some "proof" that the Egyptians knew this "super-science". Nevermind his tying it all back in with Lord Pacal's Mayan tomb. Wow. On the whole, its a pretty good book, but his reasoning really ruined it for me. Every item he "decodes", every argument he makes, assumes his thesis, a logical fallicy called "Begging the Question". You also have to wade through lots and lots of decoding. The ties to freemasonry were cute, but it takes a while to get there. Production qualities of the book are excellent, with two sets of color plates, and some excellently done illustrations in the text make the quality of the book stand out. Very few typos as well.
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Summary: A Firestorm of Controversy
Review: A disclaimer: although I don't believe a word of books like this, I do enjoy reading them, almost as a fiction novel. This book, however, streches the reader's "will to believe" just a little too far. Mr. Cotterell uses some pretty far out reasoning to "decode" all the treasures in Tutankhamun's tomb to support his thesis that the Egyptians had knowledge of complex sun-spot cycles. For example, starting on page 115, he decodes a picture on a throne found in the tomb. The image has one missing "sun disk", a problem? No! Just "borrow" one sun disk from the row above to give you the "proper" number of sun disks.. this specious reasoning goes on and on... Really, he takes and ties any number of objects (12, 31, 32, etc.) into some "proof" that the Egyptians knew this "super-science". Nevermind his tying it all back in with Lord Pacal's Mayan tomb. Wow. On the whole, its a pretty good book, but his reasoning really ruined it for me. Every item he "decodes", every argument he makes, assumes his thesis, a logical fallicy called "Begging the Question". You also have to wade through lots and lots of decoding. The ties to freemasonry were cute, but it takes a while to get there. Production qualities of the book are excellent, with two sets of color plates, and some excellently done illustrations in the text make the quality of the book stand out. Very few typos as well.
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Summary: A Book That Will Shake Your Senses
Review: I bought this book thinking it was reference about the Mayan calendar end date. I was wrong. This book is a totally new revelation of an age-old theory that was concealed within the ancient carvings of two breathtaking civilizations, and a secret society with an agenda not known to anyone. What totally interested me is the sceitific approach Cotterell took in his analysis, and although his methods might seem to some people as intricately improbable, I think that he employed the sciences of maths and physics into an outstanding revelation of ancient knowledge. I think most readers of this genre are true believers that ancient wisdom outmatches our own, and that the knowledge known to our great ancestors will probably never be available to us. So in this fine work of his, Cotterell analysed buildings, tombs, treasures and literature of ancient Maya and Egypt, applying numerous scientific theories and equations to draw on his conclusions. I personally am a big fanatic of ancient civilizations and I believe that the Mayan culture was narrowed down to its calendar, while the secrets within their culture are uncountable. Same goes with the Egyptians who mystified the new world with their culture. The greatest thing about this book is that it attempts to create bonds between its different conclusions, and it never fails to back up any statement with illustrations and scientific proof. By the end of part 1 I was amazed, and although I haven't read Cotterell's first book, The Supergods, this book managed to give me a fair summary of what the previous one concluded. The secret revealed is not anything you would expect. Some might believei it's a simple idea, while I personally believe it's an outstanding revelation. If you're a reader of Zecheria Sitchin, Erich Von Deineken or others in this genre, you will most likely ponder for hours after reading this one.
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Summary: Well researched
Review: I have to give this review in terms of accuracy. Nothing can be more accurate than actual hands on research and leave bias out of the write as much as humanly possible. Maurice has done a beautiful job here on the subject material and at the same time presented it in a very capturing way. I don't believe in giving the story away in a review, the purpose is to recommend, and I highly rec this book to those interested in these cultures esp. the origins of belief. I also recommend another super book and must read of prophecy that I enjoyed as much SB 1 or God by Maddox.
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Summary: Completely Awesome!
Review: Serious evolutionist beware! this is the book you have been looking for...Covers so much
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Summary: K Shea
Review: Solar flares are the reason behind all our problems and the the world can only be saved by mathamaticians. Aside from the usual "Hey look Mom, I figured out the meaning of the pyramids" stuff that seems to be in all of these esoteric books there is a smacking of truth in amongst all the those calculations. It may not be enough to support some of the theories put forward by Mr. Cotterell but it is certainly food for thought. If you don't mind wading through the math, there are at least 144,000 seperate calculations, then I would reccommend the reading.
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Summary: King Tut
Review: The book is filled with a whole lot fact and speculation that King Tut was one of the so called supergods. The theory that Krishna, Tut, Buddha, Jesus, and Pacal were the same deities just reincarnated with very similar back grounds is very interesting and worth reading but all this was already covered in his first book supergods. The theory that earth is hell and we keep coming back to better ourselves was very interseting. The theory that the sun's radiation or sun spot activity determines fertility in women and the rise and fall of empires is worth reading, a little complicated but worth reading.
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Summary: The tutankhamon speculations.
Review: The book starts with a short introduction of previous work the author has done regarding the Mayan culture. As he explains, he cracked a secret code the Mayans used to leave messages to future finders. The code involved a jade mask and a lid of a sarcophagus. The author discovered that when one projects images of these mirror onto itself, new pictures form. He presents the readers with his ideas regarding these images and the explanation thereof. In my opinion, the author makes a few excellent points in this introduction, and I do genuinely believe he really is onto something regarding secret messages and the way to decode them; however I cannot help but feel as if at times the author sees things that really aren't there. He is determined to prove himself right, and thus presents 'evidence' that's at times very meager and very open for discuussion. After this introduction, the author switches from the Mayans to the Egyptians, and specifically secret messages left in Tutankhamon's tomb in the form of objects. Obviously a great lover of math, he picks a few random objects from the treasure and goes on to analyze them. All their pecurilarities are counted, multiplied, and summed up to always come to the same set of numbers. Again, I cannot help but feel as if the author is trying to fit everything to his own conclusions. He believes the Tutankhamon is one of the super-gods, just like the Mayan emporer, Buddham and Jesus. He presents his case by referring to the divine number 144,000, and various things that links the Mayan emporer to Tutankhamon (For instance, both are identified with a feathered snake. The Mayan emporer by Quetzeqotl, Tutankhamon by the cobra and the eagle of his crown). Furthermore, he draws a few conclusions that are blatantly speculative in my opinion. As an example, the author quotes a list of known 64 pharaos, noting that neither Achnaton nor Tutankhamon (Achnaton's son) were recorded on this list. Then, he tries proving that a necklace found in the tomb, carrying 64 complete and 2 broken beads, represents this list. This is in my humble opinion, a little far fetched. The third part of the book starts with an account of a UFO sighting, and moves from energy lines to telepatism, and how freemasons possess secret ancient knowledge. Why this is included in the same book is a puzzle to me; the connection to the 'middle chapter' about Egypt is unclear, and the third part is highly speculative. All in all, I'd recommend against buying this book. I do fully intend to read the author's other book on the cracking of the Mayan code, but feel as if I gained very little by reading this book; loosely linked theories are presented by the author as solid evidence, and used to prove other theories assumptions he makes. All this leads me to believe the case the author is trying to build is shaky at the best.
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Summary: King Tut?
Review: This book brings out that Tutankhamun was one of the supergods reincarnated to help mankind the way Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Pacal were. The book shows how all the supergods had many things in common, all born through immaculate conception, each associated with the sun, light,performed miracles, similar teachings, and so much more. The book brings to light many facts and speculations about the sun that are very interesting and graps your attention, how the sun affects just about everything we do, fertility in women, and history itself.The book will show why ancient cultures worshiped the sun in ways you never thought. Hard to believe King Tut was one of the so called supergods but the author does a great job with the evidence he brings out. The author's theory that we are in hell at this moment was interesting and through reincarnation we keep coming back until we reach perfection. Very intersting theories that are worth reading.
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Summary: The sacred secret of the Maya, Egyptians and Freemasons
Review: Tutankhamun Prophecies reveals the sacred secret of the Maya, Egyptians and Freemasons, using the author's background as a scientist and mathematician to decipher the code of the ancients. Knowledge of science and important connections between solar patterns and human destiny helped early groups achieve spiritual enlightenment: this explores these links and how groups have used them.
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