Anthony Wrote:
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> Who would have thought that at sunset three tall
> objects would make three parallel shadows pointing
> in the same direction? (Yes, they are parallel
> lines, they do not actually form one contiguous
> line).
>
> I suppose we should be asking for any examples of
> buildings (or even natural objects, for that
> matter) that do not create this effect.
>
> Once we've established that this is potentially an
> unnatural effect, then we can begin to ask what
> part of the pyramid might have been the gnomon...
> not before.
>
> Anthony



Of course you realize that this picture wasn't taken at sunset.

The model in my head does show about a single continuous line if
projected to sunset. The sun doesn't drop straight to the hori-
zon in winter. It angles sharply. If it's not a single line, it
is at least pretty close.

That these corners are in a line at all says that at least the last
was influenced by the other two. Are we to believe this means Men-
kaure had to follow Khufu and Khafre into the afterlife? It seems
easier to believe that among the other reasons these were built was
as a sort of calender.



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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.