title: Egyptian Dawn: Exposing the Real Truth Behind Ancient Egypt
author: Robert Temple
description: Professor ROBERT TEMPLE is the author of a number of incisive and provocative books including the international bestseller, <b>The Sirius Mystery</b>. His books have been translated into a total of 44 foreign languages. Temple is Visiting Professor of the History and Pilosophy of Science at Tsinghua University in Beijing. For many years he was a science writer for the <i>Sunday Times</i>, the <i>Guardian</i>, and a science reporter for <i>Time-Life</i>, as well as a frequent reviewer for nature and profile writer for <i>The New Scientist</i>.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  #### Breaking the Mirror of Heaven
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  “This is a book that needed to be written . . . and I can’t imagine a better
  writing team to have taken on the challenge. Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman
  have expertly untangled the history of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization,
  in all its guises, and successfully exposed the trauma of the Zahi Hawass
  years. This is a story that should be read by all those interested in
  Egyptology and everyone who cares passionately about Egypt . . . a tour de
  force in modern historical investigation.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  DAVID ROHL, EGYPTOLOGIST, HISTORIAN, BROADCASTER, AND AUTHOR OF A TEST OF TIME
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Egyptology has lied to us for too long. Now a meticulous investigation by two
  top authors reveals the disturbing truth. This book is dynamite.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  GRAHAM HANCOCK, AUTHOR OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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