June 15, 2007 05:09AM
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Hello Hermione,
The AEs were evidently master surveyors, so I would argue that North was to the AEs very much as it is to us - a very useful point of reference at 90 degrees (seked 7, if you prefer) to an East-West (rising-setting Sun) axis.
Obviously, I wouldn't go so far as to suggest the AEs were aware of the North Pole.
It's suggested that Khufu's pyramid is so accurately orientated that it could not have been done by sightings on sunrise and sunset.
I don't know enough about surveying to comment on that beyond asking: wouldn't the degree of accuracy of sighting on sunrise and sunset be down to the time of year?
MJ
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