Imhotep the African: Architect of the Cosmos

"A few kilometers outside the modern city of Cairo, on a large, flat elevation at the edge of the sahara overlooking the Nile, is the world's very first architectural complex, Nearly 5000 years old, the centerpiece of this mindboggling complexes a huge stepped pyramid surrounded by strange, temple-like structures, Aligned conspicuously towards the four cardinal directions, the whole mood of this strange place evokes, for lack of better words, `sacred architecture' or, perhaps more aptly, `sacred astronomy'"---from the IntroductionIn the groundbreaking book, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian superstar, pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, the book delves into observational astronomy to "decode" the alignments and other design features of the step Pyramid Complex, to uncover the true origins and genius of Imhotep"Imhotep the African in an archeological detective story. Bauval and Brophy Make the case that the legendary Egyptian physican, architect, and astronomer Imhotep was not only an historical figure but that he was black. This remarkable book challenges many assumption about life along the Nile, revealing a worldview and technology that was more sophist cated that anything previously imagined."---Stanley Krippner, PH.D., co-author of Personal Mythology"I'is evident to many of their colleagues that Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophy are the dynamic doo of independent Egypto ogists. They are to be commended for their scoarship and their dogged determination to present an honest assessment of historical events even if it flies in the face of conventional dogma."---Anthony T. Brownder, author and independent Egyptologist
In this ground-breaking book, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy uncover the mystery of Imhotep, and ancient Egyptian superstar, pharaonic Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Newton all rolled into one. Based on their research at the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, Bauval and Brophy delve into observational astronomy to 'decode' the alignments and other design features of the Step Pyramid Complex, to uncover the true origins and genius of Imhotep. Like a whodunit detective story they follow the clues that take them on an exhilarating magical mystery tour starting at Saqqara, leading them to temples in Upper Egypt and to the stones of Nabta Playa and the black African stargazers who placed them there.Imhotep the African describes how Imhotep was the ancient link to the birth of modern civilization, restoring him to his proper place at the center of the birthing of Egyptian, and world, civilization.