The Book of Thoth

:"See also: "The Book of Thoth" by Aleister Crowley, describing the philosophy and use of his Thoth Tarot deck.:"See also: Eteilla, who originally described tarot cards as pages from The Book of Thoth.In Egyptian mythology, Thoth is the god of wisdom, time, writing, magic and the moon.

"The Book of Thoth" is a legendary book containing powerful spells and knowledge, said to have been buried with the Prince Neferkaptah (meaning "perfect ka of Ptah" in Egyptian) in the City of the Dead. The reader of the rolls would know the language of the animals, be able to cast great spells, and be able to enchant the sky and earth themselves. Anyone who read the book was punished by the gods (who would cause the reader's loved ones to die until the book was returned).

"The Book of Thoth" is said to be hidden inside a golden box, which is contained in a silver box inside a box of ivory and ebony encased in a sycamore box which is found in a bronze box contained in an iron box. The keys of each box, if the myth is taken into context, were hidden across the Egyptian Empire by either the Gods, the son of Neferkaptah or Neferkaptah himself, depending on the version of the legend, and the keys were either put under the charge of trusted friends, hidden in hard-to-reach places or placed under guard of beasts or enchantments and curses, as prevention to the curses that the Book placed upon the reader.

In recent years books such as 'The Orion Mystery' by Robert Bauval have created a popular belief that The Sphinx and other Giza monuments are thousands of years older than is currently claimed by orthodox Egyptologists.Members of this movement often suggest that the Book of Thoth has been positioned beneath the paws of the Sphinx for some 12,000 years.