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April 28, 2024, 12:31 pm UTC    
May 12, 2007 12:43PM
Byrd Wrote:
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> It's extremely easy to get a north-south-east-west
> alignment:
> On the morning of the equinox (or as close as you
> like or use the date you prefer), take a stick,
> poke it in the ground, mark along the shadow. You
> now have a perfect east-west line and since they
> knew how to make a right angle tool, lay one of
> those on your line and you now have a perfect
> north-south alignment.

Well, there can be some complications with this method, as described here (scroll down to "The authors assert "Wherever [my emphasis] ... ")

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Confirming the date of the building of the pyramids: Say Thank You Don !

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I Thought They Pointed Up

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