Well you could have:

"No interest in the stars in Old Kingdom IVth dynasty"

or

"No proportional symbolism in Old Kingdom architecture"

Both of these have been disproved, notably by Petrie, but Verner, Edwards etc etc have all disproved these positions many times in numerous peer reviewed articles. Even Herodotus knew the Egyptians invented the 365 day calendar (Histories 2:4), and used a stellar method to derive it precisely. The accepted date for the invention of this calendar is BEFORE the IVth dynasty.

The confusion on the proportion in architecture arises from Neugebauer and Parkers flawed philological approach, and apparent ignorance of Petrie's excavation reports, survey data and subsequent summaries of the knowledge and achievements of the Ancient Egyptians.

Dave L

See publications below for details:

Edwards, I. E. S.
1979 The Pyramids of Egypt. Middlesex: Penguin.

Petrie, W. M. F.
1883 The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh. London: Field & Tuer.

1892 Meidum. London: David Nutt, 270, 271, Strand.

1926 Ancient Weights and Measures. London: Department of Egyptology University College.

1940 Wisdom of the Egyptians. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt and B. Quaritch Ltd.

Verner, M.
2003 The Pyramids: Their Archaeology and History. London: Atlantic Books.

The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture JAEA:
[egyptian-architecture.com]
[glasgow.academia.edu]
[egyptology-scotland.squarespace.com]
Dave's Archaeology Homepage:
[arkysite.wordpress.com]



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