| Title |
Papers on the Great Pyramid |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 118
(former reference: MSS 41) |
| Creator |
Carver, Harry Drinkwater, d 1943 |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1921-circa 1943 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 boxes; paper; Mixed |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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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.
Correspondence, notes, statistics and diagrams relating to Harry Carver's studies of the Great Pyramid.
The provenance of the collection is unknown.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Papers on the Great Pyramid, RCMS 118 |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| Giza |
| Giza |
| Upper Egypt |
| Carver, Harry Drinkwater (d 1943) |
| RCS/RCMS 118 contains: |
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1
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Correspondence. Correspondence between H.D. Carver and others regarding the Great Pyramid. Two of the principal correspondents are Evans Lewin, Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, and Flinders Petrie of the British School of Egyptian Archaeology. There are a few press cuttings.
1 folder; Mixed. |
1921–1943 |
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2
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Notes.
4 folders + 2 envelopes; Mixed. |
circa 1939-circa 1942 |
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3
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Statistics and calculations.
8 volumes; Mixed. |
circa 1921-circa 1941 |
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4
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Sketch book. Undated diagrams of the dimensions of the Great Pyramid.
1 folder; Manuscript. |
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