<HTML>Dave:
Most people can't picture precession so I sent along a little diagram to better explain what I'm getting at.
The prime meridian can be seen as a clock hand running in reverse, sweeping the dial of precession. The pivot of the hand is the Pole of the Ecliptic which is always 23* 30' (avg) from the North Pole.
Therefore, in 10857 B.C., the sun rose at Spring Equinox at 13hrs 28' 0", Decl. - 11 * 57' 0" The North Pole, of course, was at 12hrs 0' 0" Decl. 47* 0' 0".
At Spring Equinox the sun always rises due east (Allowing for atmospheric distortion etc. a tad north of that) which puts the sun a few degrees from Spica in 10857 B.C.
I chose that date to make it simpler by using the same meridian and just reversing it.
BentBent wrote:
>
> Dave:
> The 14* allignment you refer to, is that the causeway
> symbolically, or does Bauval actually say the sunrise at
> equinox was 14 * north of east, alligned with the
> causeway????It makes no sense. Could you enlighten me?
>
> Bent</HTML>
