Origyptian Wrote:
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> 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?

It's called a right angle


> 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?

strange... You cede they had an affinity for squares yet you had to ask about the right angle.

Enclosures and temples dated to that time are cardinally aligned.

Warwick