Graham Chase Wrote:
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> You asked for evidence and I gave you some.
> You cannot dismiss it so easily !
What you gave me was not only wrong, but it was demonstrably irrelevant.
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> The size of the complex was chosen to be symbolic
> - the outside walls of the complex do this more
> logically than the inside.
You are asking we ignore the actual function of the structure in favor of your unevidenced speculative function.
Do you think that's a reasonable request?
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> Whatever was built before, this was the size that
> was chosen (1040 x 530 cubits), and there is
> likely symbolism in the final round numbers
It's 528 cubits, not 530. You lose all credibility when you actively and knowingly change the data to serve your own purposes.
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> Curiously, looking at the east wall in Lauer's
> diagram he shows 64 "redans" or columns and two
> end bastions, giving a total of 66 columns that
> make up the wall.
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> These are split by the entrance in the ratio 63 to
> 3 redans which is 3 and 1/7 times 21
Why is 3 1/7 multiplied by a factor of 21 now?
Why not just have 3 1/7 of something?
The introduction of "ghost factors" into the equation only diminishes your own case.
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> If you take the half of the rectangle made by the
> walls we would have dimensions 520 x 530 amd the
> perimeter of this would be 2100. This is 100 times
> the 21 factor !
So? What makes 21 significant? Legal drinking age?
And besides, now you're having to introduce a factor of "1/2" again into the equation. Another "ghost factor".
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> (fyi the half way line would correspond with the
> original mastabe north face)
Ah, well... that only means they didn't really intend it to be what you make it out to be.
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> Please do not try to propose that the walls
> lengths were not symbolically chosen.
>
I don't propose it. You are the one proposing they WERE symbolically chosen, and have failed miserably on multiple counts to prove it.
Don't blame me if your argument is without merit. That fault lies with you.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.