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Charles Piazzi Smyth
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Charles Piazzi Smyth was a British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyt
Charles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth
A night-time view showing an eyewitness account of the Great Comet of 1843, painted by astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth
A night-time view showing an eyewitness account of the Great Comet of 1843, painted by astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth
This diagram from Smyth's Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (1877) shows some of his measurements and chronological determinations made from them
This diagram from Smyth's Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid (1877) shows some of his measurements and chronological determinations made from them
A pyramid surmounted by a cross, Smyth's tomb in Sharow churchyard
A pyramid surmounted by a cross, Smyth's tomb in Sharow churchyard
British Israelism
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British Israelism is a pseudohistorical belief that the people of Great Britain are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel. With ro
Charles Piazzi Smyth
…built the Great Pyramid under the leadership of Melchizedek. Because the pyramid inch was a divine unit of measurement, Smyth, a committed proponent of British Israelism, used his conclusions as an argument against the introduction of the metric system in Britain. For much of his life he was a vocal opponent of the…
Israel in Britain, an 1890 book advocating British Israelism. According to the doctrine, the Ten Lost tribes of Israel found their way to Western Euro
Israel in Britain, an 1890 book advocating British Israelism. According to the doctrine, the Ten Lost tribes of Israel found their way to Western Europe and Britain, becoming the ancestors of the British, the English, and related peoples.
William Pascoe Goard
William Pascoe Goard
Jehu kneeling at the feet of Shalmaneser III on the Black Obelisk
Jehu kneeling at the feet of Shalmaneser III on the Black Obelisk
The 'Tyninghame' copy of the Declaration of Arbroath from 1320 AD
The 'Tyninghame' copy of the Declaration of Arbroath from 1320 AD