<HTML>Allright then.
Try this.
Let's say there are no shafts in any of the three. Let's imagine there never were any. Now. Looking at the sides of the pyramids, which four directions are each set perpendicular to?
North, South, East, and West. If you disagree at this point, you are seriously out to lunch. Next...
We have the layout of the three pyramids of Giza, and their configuration most certainly does resemble the same pattern as Orion's Belt. Upsidedown, sideways, whatever - the 3 of one and three of the other are in the same pattern. If you disagree with this point, then we know your only purpose is to cause trouble and not be honest about very simple, obvious concepts. I'm sorry if that's 'insulting', but there's really nothing to this. Next...
We have the scenario I proposed above: Face South. Draw the Belt. Lay it down. Giza. When done, the pattern on the ground now mimics perfectly the pattern in the sky by orientation. Plus... the Nile is to your left (since you're facing South) and the Milky Way is to the left of Orion. If you don't understand this, get off your haunch and go do it. It's really easy to test. Go outside. Do you know what Orion looks like and where it is? Good! (If not, don't worry, just ask around... someone knows - it's just that famous of a grouping...). Now, when it reaches, say, the halfway point of it's traverse, draw what you see. Easy, hunh? Now, when you've done, lay it down. What do you see? Well well well. Go figure - Giza.
Now, does anyone disagree that the Nile is not to the left of Giza when facing South? Does anyone disagree that the Milky Way is to the left of Orion in the Southern sky? Does anyone disagree that if you face south, draw Orion, and lay it down in front of you it is the same pattern? Take your time before deciding. I dunno. It looks really really simple to me. (In fact I've shown it to children, and they get it.)
When alll this is done, stop for a second. Was any of this done with shafts? NO, dammit. *lol*
After they'd decided what it was all going to look like in the layout sense, THEN they added in some shafts to the design in order to 'point' to there favorite stars or parts of the sky. Now, people, even Krupp knows that the NORTHERN shaft points at the NORTH star. And every Egyptologist KNOWS that the AE's had some freaky-deaky deified love affair with the stars in the north polar region. "The Imperishable Ones" they called them. Anyone know why? Because they don't set. Yup. It doesn't matter what UP or DOWN is - all they knew was that 'in that direction there are stars that don't set'. So they pointed something at the most important one - the one in the middle of them all. And the South shaft? Well, it happens to point at the CORRESPONDING star (Al Nitak) of the GP in the Belt stars as they cross the meridian. The date which it points to is where all the huff is about!
But so what? The date means nothing (it isn't necessary to create a layout of three pyramids the same way a group of three stars is in the sky). Neither do the shafts, really. So, if there are no shafts, I could say the exact same thing to Krupp:
Face south. Draw the Belt. Lay it down. Giza.
And guess what? Now how does he put it up-side-down? (His argument doesn't work WITH the shafts, and now he's supposed to make a case with them?)
I wonder...
How does this man's brain work?
Chris Hale: I'd love to do give you an hour of my time to do a show with the entire hour dedicated to presenting this. With visuals, I can make it even simpler. We'll talk. (sip)
R. Avry Wilson
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Mr Brass: You think Orion is in the North, huhn? Way to kick my ass on that one. *lol*</HTML>