Warwick Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
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> > Graham Chase Wrote:
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> > > This method of finding true north, and some other
> > > methods, make the unsupported assumption that the
> > > objective of the AE builders was in fact to find
> > > true north to align their buildings.
> > >
> > > But there is lots of evidence to suggest that the
> > > objective was to align to stars that rotated
> > > around the celestial pole.
> > >
> > > Even your linked article mentions that The
> > > Stretching of the Cord Ceremony, used over
> > > centuries by the AE to commence work on the
> > > buildings, started by looking at the stars of the
> > > Big Dipper.
> > >
> > > An alignment method, to be worthy of
> > > consideration, needs evidence and relevant
> > > cultural context.
> >
> > Dash doesn't actually describe how to get true
> > north. The two methods he describes only find true
> > east and west.
> >
>
>
> Once you achieve any of the cardinal points the
> rest are simple extrapolation
>
> Warwick


Setting aside the fact that Dash fully acknowledges the scarcity of evidence that any such method was actually used in the 3rd millennium BC to determine any cardinal point, how do you propose the AE used simple extrapolation of the E-W line to determine North and/or South?

Also, the builders of those pyramids obviously had an affinity for squares, but what evidence is there that suggests the 3rd millennium BC had a specific interest in North or South, or at least knew about them?




Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 01-Feb-17 20:58 by Origyptian.