cladking Wrote:
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> Again:
>
> There's just no question that there is some sort
> of mathe-
> matical relationship between these pyramids.


I've never stated anything to the contrary.

What is NOT a part of real Egyptology, though, is these baseless assertions that the mathematical relationships found by modern pyramid enthusiasts using autocad programs and aerial photography were of any consequence to the Dynasty IV builders of the structures.


> The
> corners do
> not align with the setting sun on the solstice
> through mere
> coincidence.
>


It is not something you can just assert. You must prove it. To do that, you'll need evidence from the Dynasty IV pyramid builders, or perhaps some literature they passed down, that suggests your interpretation of potentially unrelated data points is actually viable.

Until you have that evidence, then it is just another "really cool coincidence" that can be found at Giza.

Allow me to give you a few examples of corroborating evidence from other cultures at other times... yet both involve pyramids.

The pyramid of Chichen Itza, for example, has a peculiar effect of sunlight associated with it. Allow me to quote:

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The phenomenon that El Castillo is famous for occurs twice each year, at the spring and fall equinoxes. (In fact, the effect is viewable for a week before and after each equinox.) As the equinox sun sets, a play of light and shadow creates the appearance of a snake that gradually undulates down the stairway of the pyramid. This diamond-backed snake is composed of seven or so triangular shadows, cast by the stepped terraces of the pyramid. The sinking sun seems to give life to the sinuous shadows, which make a decidedly snaky pattern on their way down the stairs.

Thousands of people gather to see this phenomenon, which may have been viewed by the ancient Maya as the manifestation of the god Kukulkán, the feathered serpent. But was the effect intentional, or merely a happy accident?

It isn’t possible to read the minds of the Maya who built the structure in roughly AD 1000, but various signs suggest the effect was deliberately created. The most obvious of those signs are the large snake-head sculptures carved into the base of the stairway. As the shadow moves down the stairway, the body of the snake ultimately unites with one of these enormous heads. [www.exploratorium.edu]

That is tough to dismiss as a coincidence.

Or, here's another example, oddly enough drawn from the same pyramid:

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Clap your hands in front of the 1,100-year-old Temple of Kukulcan, in the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza, and, to some researchers' ears, the pyramid answers in the voice of the sacred quetzal bird. [news.nationalgeographic.com]

The knowledge of the quetzal bird being sacred is corroborating evidence for this hypothesis. Your shadow lines have no corroborating evidence, any more than pyramid circles, quarter based solutions, phi diagrams, or any of the other "I spilled my spaghetti on Giza and look at what it made!" speculations that litter the internet.

Khufu was buried in Khufu's tomb... he won't be found under a building in a Cairo suburb.



Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.