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May 17, 2024, 12:21 am UTC    
February 08, 2020 05:47AM
Put rather more simply, the inference is that east side of the Base Square was made parallel to the line of polar pointing of the foundation Corner Sockets. It is proposed that the north side of the Base Square was a solar orientation looking west, then the west side of the Base Square was simply at a right angle to the north side, and finally the south side of the Base Square was another precise solar orientation looking due east or a line at a right angle to the west side.

The S.E. corner of the Base Square does not have a very precise right angle because the SW corner socket is 'non existant' according to Maragioglio and Rinaldi. The N.E. Corner does have a precise right angle from the angle of the corner sockets, so the SE corner is the only corner without a precise right angle, as the NW and SW precise right angles from the Base Square.

The ascendancy of the solar cult in the Fourth Dynasty tends to be overlooked in alternative circles, but I do find all the stellar theories interesting. If we suppose that the north and south ends of the sarcophagus were intended to be parallel to the east-west line of latitude, as determined at the equinoxes, then the east and west sides both have a bearing of 13 arc minutes west of the pole. Petrie observed and determined the skew.

I think that I have a solar explanation for the skew, but I wondered if stellar theorists have a rival explanation based on the position of Alpha Draconis, which might be 2790 BC plus x number of years or 2790 BC minus x number of years, assuming Alpha Draconis was at its closest to the pole in 2790 BC.

I think the south shaft of the Queen's Chamber was interpreted by Bauval as pointing to Sirius at 39.5 degrees. The niche of the chamber is displaced by 8.5 palms and the seked of 8.5 palms is 39 degrees 28 minutes, as pointed out in my monograph on the Grand Gallery, so I thought the slope was simply a geometric construction. Likewise the skew of the sarcophagus is an elegant model of the equinoxes.

The heliacal rising of Sirius shifted 8 days in relation to the Spring equinox during the period 3500 to 2500 BC so we have a number of facts we can put together without supposing that the age of the Great Pyramid is hidden in legend.

A few sticks and stones and the work of Dash points us to the solar basis of the Great Pyramid.

The precession of the equinoxes is not apparent from Sirius because its motion differs from the more distant stars, but a precise determination of the east-west line of latitude was of huge importance if, as it seems to me, it would be impossible to view changes in the position of rising stars due to precession without determining the day of the equinox.

I don't have an astronomical program to check my question on Alpha Draconis.

Mark



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