The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered : Volume 1

By Wilson, John

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Title:	The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered : Volume 1
Author:	Wilson, John
Volume:	Vol. 1
Language:	English
Subject:	Pyramids, Egypt, Sepulchral monuments
Collections:	American Libraries Collection
Historic Publication Date:	1856
Publisher:	London, England; Longmans, Green & Co.


Citation APA MLA Chicago John, Writer In Astronom, B. W. (1856). The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered : Volume 1. Retrieved from https://central.gutenberg.us/

Description
Printed ephemera ; Text in English and French ; Signed: J. Reid, proth'y ; Digitized from the holdings of the National Library of Canada

Summary
In this two-volume work, published in London by Longman in 1856, the author John Wilson sets out to show that the ancient peoples possessed a detailed knowledge of the solar system that was later lost. He examines the Great Pyramids of Giza and other monuments of Egypt and Babylon, and compares them with the temple pyramids of Mexico, arguing that their dimensions and proportions were designed to record the distances and movements of the sun, moon and planets. He also reads ancient religion and mythology as symbolic accounts of the heavens. The book belongs to the wave of Victorian speculation about the pyramids and ancient science, and its theories are not accepted by modern archaeologists or astronomers, but it is an interesting document of that period. This is the first volume.

Excerpt
Règles de pratique ; Court rules ; Film/Fiche is presented as orginally captured. -- Summary (520) written with AI assistance by the National Public Library on 2026-09-28 from the title, author and published reference sources; it is not taken from the text of this edition. Earlier 520 note: Open Content Alliance (OCA).