Papers on the Great Pyramid

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 115 RCS/RCMS 118
  • Dates of Creation
      1921-1943
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      2 archive box(es) 2 boxes paper

Scope and Content

Correspondence, notes, statistics and diagrams relating to Harry Carver's studies of the Great Pyramid.

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.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The provenance of the collection is unknown.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 41

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Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Carver, Harry Drinkwater, d 1943