Alan Alford

Ten years ago Dr Robert Schoch, a geologist of Boston University, announced that the water erosion on the Great Sphinx and its surrounding enclosure walls meant that the carved monument must be thousands of years older than had previously been imagined by Egyptologists. It started a revolution in alternative and speculative history whereby the origins of the Giza monuments were brought under scrutiny. Who built the Great Pyramid, and when? What was its true purpose, and did the orientation of its internal air-shafts point towards the conclusion that its architects saw the starry sky as in some way reflecting a distant epoch in which elder gods ruled Egypt?


There were a great many books written on this subject - some good, others terrible - and then the band-wagon, driven by high-profile writers Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval - virtually came to a stand-still as a backlash of criticism brought into question the claims of their bestselling books. Supposedly, there was never any good evidence that the ageing of the Sphinx denoted its much earlier construction, and so the whole matter of ancient Egypt’s greater antiquity was quietly put on the back-burner.


Yet one writer of alternative history who refused to give up was Alan Alford. He continued to put forward new ideas concerning the origins of the Great Pyramid, and even openly criticized his earlier books on the subject. Through this cathartic process he has become more knowledgeable on the purpose and design of this sacred monument than almost all of his contemporaries. Moreover, major reviews of his most recent book PYRAMID OF SECRETS (2003) have hailed it a masterpiece, and this has come purely through Alan’s own determination to get to the truth.


In his first ever presentation at QuestCon, Alan reinterprets the Pyramid’s architecture in the light of the Egyptian creation myth. For him, there is overwhelming evidence to indicate that the body of the king remains buried beneath the Pyramid, and that the sarcophagus in the King’s Chamber enshrined the material of creation (meteoritic iron). Additional, he will take the audience on an audio-visual tour of the Pyramid’s known chambers, while at the same time revealing fresh clues as to the whereabouts of previously unknown chambers, including the intact burial place of Cheops himself.

Alan's presentation at QuestCon04 forms Part Two of an earlier lecture he will present at FORTEAN TIMES UnConvention, to be held in London over the weekend of Friday, 29 October to Sunday, 31 October. Part One will focus on sound accoustics in the Great Pyramid, the so-called "singing pyramid" theory. Part Two, the talk to be given at QuestCon04, will be more wide-ranging - about the Ancient Egyptian religion, the Pyramid as a symbol of the creation myth, the tomb of Khufu, meteorites in the Kings Chamber, with only passing references to sound accoustics, the subject of John Reid's own presentation at the event.

Alan F. Alford, B Com., FCA, MBA, was born in 1961. He began his career as a chartered accountant, prior to turning full-time author in 1996. His published books comprise GODS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM (1996), THE PHOENIX SOLUTION (1998), and WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN (2000). Since then, he has published his own books: THE ATLANTIS SECRET (2001), PYRAMID OF SECRETS (2003), and THE MIDNIGHT SUN (2004). Alford's recent work has featured in THE DAILY MAIL and on British TV’s ‘The Richard and Judy Show’. His aim is to lay the groundwork for an eventual unification of all the world's religions by demonstrating that they all reflect the same esoteric myth, and that God is but a personification of that myth.

For further details on Alan Alford’s books, see his website www.eridu.co.uk

He will also be selling his books at QuestCon04.

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