Correspondence, notes, statistics and diagrams relating to Harry Carver's studies of the Great Pyramid.
Papers on the Great Pyramid
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- ReferenceGB 115 RCS/RCMS 118
- Dates of Creation1921-1943
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description2 archive box(es) 2 boxes paper
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Administrative / Biographical History
Harry Drinkwater Carver (d. 1943) was a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. He carried out studies of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, concluding there were a number of unidentified chambers, and that the pyramid was an astronomical, geometrical and mathematical monument rather than a mere tomb.
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Note
Includes index.
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Carver, Harry Drinkwater, d 1943