Warwick Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
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> > Warwick Wrote:
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> > > M. J. Thomas Wrote:
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> > > > Origyptian wrote, '... 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?'
> > > > To the AEs the sun was very important.
> > > > Could it be that to them the orientation
> was
> > > East
> > > > (rising of the Sun) West (setting of the
> > Sun),
> > > and
> > > > North-South was extrapolated from that?
> > > > If, like me, you believe the Great Pyramid
> is
> > > an
> > > > AE tomb, then it's worth noting that the
> > > entrance
> > > > to the King's Chamber is at the east end of
> > the
> > > > Chamber and its sarcophagus is at the
> western
> > > > end.
> > > >
> > > > Robin (MJT)
> > >
> > >
> > > I am at a loss to uncover what Origyptian
> > thinks
> > > the Pyramid might be.
> > >
> > >
> > > Warwick
> >
> > You also appear to be at a loss to explain the
> > "simple extrapolation" process you mentioned
>
>
> draw the east west linein the sand
>
> draw an intersecting line at a right angle
>
> and
> > what the AE's special interest in North was
> that
> > prompted them to calculate its direction.
>
>
> I didn't mention them prioritising any of the
> points
>
>
> If you wish to discuss AE Beliefs and their
> cosmology, perhaps you should start a separate
> thread
>
>
> Warwick
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>
> Warwick

How did they determine what a "right angle" is? And how does that reveal "North" to them?