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Plato and the early Pythagoreans taught that God worked through number; laying down indelible rules that nature must adhere to. This blueprint for creation was observable in the replication of patterns, in growth and decay, and in the order that life brings to chaos. It was similarly the goal of the Pythagoreans to replicate and understand this numerical nature of reality. Using a combination of fresh evidence and a re-examination of long-forgotten, misinterpreted or obscure information, the author corroborates textual, mythological and archaeological evidence to uncover a unifying and cohesive plan in structures sacred to the `Sun God'. Identifying for the first time the underlying geometric plan of Stonehenge, the book details the proof that the symbolic and specific architectural use of the same geometric principle is also to be found within the Giza pyramids. That two widely dispersed and geometrically sophisticated cultures both evolved a religious style based on the same principle of numbers at the very dawn of what we may term architectural thought is revolutionary. However it is the presence of such geometry that will prove the most controversial aspect of this work. As acceptance of its validity, will inevitably lead to a radical re-assessment of the intellectual capability of Neolithic men and women; and the revision of the accepted scientific history of geometry and mensuration. |