Chris Tedder Wrote:
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> Hi Kanga,
>
> You wrote: I still maintain that it was I who
> first suggested that KCS pointed at Al Nilam”
>
> Over the years, I’ve posted on the HoM that the
> top opening of the south shaft in the sarcophagus
> chamber was facing an area of the sky where
> Alnilam, the centre star in ‘Orion’s belt’ crossed
> the meridian due south during Khufu’s reign:
>
> From 11 years ago: “The top outlet of south shaft
> is facing an area of the southern sky ~45 degs
> above the horizon - Alnilam the centre star in the
> 3-star asterism in the centre of Orion was ~45
> degs alt. c.2570 BC.”
>
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> Chris
Thanks for the correction. It does appear that you were the first to correlate the KCS shaft to Al Nilam. However, the date appears to be wrong. The date depends on what software you are using. With Stellarium, the date of alignment is -2552, not -2570. Stellarium should be used because it takes into account atmospheric refraction.
The date also depends on the GPS coordinates for Khufu's pyramid. The late Glen Dash calculated that the centre of Khufu's pyramid was a few metres away from where Google Earth shows it to be. I used Google Earth's coordinates in my Stellarium calculations to get -2552, but Dash's coordinates shouldn't really give that much of a difference.