<HTML>You wrote...
"We may not have the technology to lift 30 ton pyramid blocks "
Speak for yourself. What do you think I've been prattling on about for months?
"or to attain the demonstrated precision of the ancient Egyptians"
When you base your lines on stars, rather than other buildings, you can get REALLY straight lines. Technically, you would back your SECOND postman up WAY beyond your anticipated second point... this would give you even GREATER accuracy than needed. Then, you place the corner point of the pyramid on the line BETWEEN the two points you've drawn.
Imagine... one person standing with a plumbob suspended directly under the North star.
Half a mile away, there stands a man. He tries to stand directly UNDER the point of the plumbob. How do you see him?
Easy... it's dark out... remember?
He has a torch.
When his torch touches the bottom of the plumbob, he is PERFECTLY north of the first person. Now, you can stretch a line between them, or you can just repeat the procedure again and again and again. Either direction... closer or nearer. You can create a near perfect line that way.
Rather more crude, but it can be repeated with the rising sun on the morning of the equinox to create an east/west line.
Repeat the stellar process the second night, using the measured end of the east/west line as your starting point... only you adjust to the SOUTH. The man holds the torch up, and the southern point is plumbob oriented. Now, the plumbob meets the torch.
In the morning, you just connect the last two sides with a straight line. You have no choice.
Naturally, this will result in the southeast corner having the most deviation from a true right angle... and the southern side will be the longest...
but isn't that exactly how the pyramid is shaped?
Anthony</HTML>
