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lfen
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Message 677 of 739 (129051)
07-30-2004 10:37 PM
Reply to: Message 661 by NosyNed
07-28-2004 8:55 PM


Re: and PI is involved !
Well, PI is involved in a circle. And this is sounding like circular reasoning to me.
Nosy,
This recalls to me a t.v. show I watched on the pyramids maybe 10 years ago. back when I had a t.v. It might have been on the Discovery channel. I really don't remember. I do recall that the archeologists addressed this pi thing with a solution that made some sense though I don't recall the detail. I think they were showing that pi could show up in the measurements of the pyramid even though the egyptians didn't know what pi was.
What they did was demonstrate the use of a wheel with a marked rim to roll along and measure out length for the sides of the base. Well, using a wheel would tend to as an artifact introduce a pi factor into the measurements.
Does anyone here recall this show, or better something published by pyramid buffs, those interested in reconstructing how the pyraminds were built?
peace,
lfen

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lfen
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From: Oregon
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Message 679 of 739 (129053)
07-30-2004 10:52 PM
Reply to: Message 676 by jar
07-30-2004 7:06 PM


ancient egyptian knowledge of the night sky
This means the GP builders knew how to align a long shaft to true north, and they knew which star was the pole star/North star.
Ancient egyptians did not have this modern knowledge.
Is there some reason that the ancient egyptians could not have gone out at night, looked up at the sky and pointed to the pole star? That is all that would be needed to align the shaft with the star. They would need no math, no science and not even needed to know that it was North.
Hey Jar,
I agree with you on this. This thread is dredging up old memories from my t.v. watching days. I think this may have been a National Geographic program. Again if anyone can recall or add to this please do.
This was a program demonstrating a theory someone had about the arrangements of all the pryamids. He showed that they were in the same relationship as the stars in Orion. Also some of the narrow corridors would have been aligned with stars such as Sirius I believe. At any rate by this guy's theories the builders of the pyramids were very familiar with the night sky.
And think how much brighter that sky was and how much more important to people without light pollution and GPS. Native Americans were well aware of the pole star also. So ancient people though not having knowledge of astronomy did have very practical knowledge of the night sky.
peace,
lfen

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