<HTML>Joanne wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> You wrote:
>
> "Yes, this is reasonable if they used the same set of stars
> for alignment over a period of hundreds of years..."
>
> 1. There is no evidence they did use the same stars or that
> they used <i>any</i> stars fir alignment.
>
> 2. The pyramids in Spence's work were built within a couple
> of centuries or less, not hundreds of years.
>
> Stars move about one degree every 72 years, and you not
> factoring in AE methods of observation, either. Your thinking
> is too modern. How they would have noticed precession would
> depend on what they were observing that might have called
> their attention to a change.
>
> Joanne
Oh I agree. The question is, if they had noticed that the stars are slowly moving, could they have known the real cause of it? Or even recognised that it was a cycle?
I am unconvinced that they did.
Best Regards,
Dave</HTML>
