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May 5, 2024, 5:47 am UTC    
July 17, 2007 12:39PM
Warwick L Nixon Wrote:
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> and the effect of those would have been best
> viewed from Memphis as well. The sun's dawn rays
> would have caught the top at virtually the same
> time that the sun was visable over the horizon.
> To my thinking the symbology is plain, dare I
> say....Elemental. In both cases the effects are
> powered by the sun,thereby emphasizing the
> importance of same, and via such, the importance
> of the King himself.
>

Technically speaking, the sun's rays would have come over the horizon and touched the tops of any tall structure, lighting that part first.

The reflection of a pyramidal shape, however, would have been directed upward, not downward toward the viewers below.

Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
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Lehner Upside Down?

Robert Bauval July 15, 2007 06:12AM

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Anthony July 15, 2007 06:17AM

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Robert Bauval July 15, 2007 09:09AM

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Anthony July 15, 2007 10:40AM

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Robert Bauval July 15, 2007 11:17AM

Moderation note

Hermione July 15, 2007 12:50PM

Re: Lehner Upside Down?

Ken B July 15, 2007 12:53PM

The rest of Lehner's quote

Anthony July 15, 2007 01:37PM

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Ken B July 15, 2007 07:31PM

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Joe_S July 16, 2007 04:10PM

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Anthony July 16, 2007 04:28PM

Re: Lehner Upside Down?

Joe_S July 16, 2007 04:07PM

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Robert Bauval July 16, 2007 09:12PM

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Anthony July 17, 2007 10:21AM

Pyramid as Star concept II

Anthony July 17, 2007 10:26AM

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Warwick L Nixon July 17, 2007 10:33AM

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Anthony July 17, 2007 10:43AM

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Warwick L Nixon July 17, 2007 10:59AM

Re: Pyramid as Star concept II

Anthony July 17, 2007 12:39PM

Re: Pyramid as Star concept II

Warwick L Nixon July 18, 2007 09:27AM

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Anthony July 18, 2007 09:39AM

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Warwick L Nixon July 18, 2007 09:59AM

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Anthony July 18, 2007 10:04AM

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Warwick L Nixon July 18, 2007 10:21AM

Re: Pyramid as Star concept II

Joe_S July 18, 2007 02:22AM

Re: Pyramid as Star concept II

Anthony July 18, 2007 05:58AM

Re: Lehner Upside Down?

Noblez July 15, 2007 01:51PM

Re: Lehner Upside Down?

Warwick L Nixon July 16, 2007 10:54AM



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