Correspondence, notes, statistics and diagrams relating to Harry Carver's studies of the Great Pyramid.
Papers on the Great Pyramid
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- 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
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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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