H Katherine ...
Brilliant post ? Well I am sure that is a matter of opinion.
As to your words ... " ... ..." that we are foolish? Ignorant? Simple? Childlike? Gullible? Stupid? You surely are not being polite or well-intentioned towards your fellow posters here. ... [/i]
You use words I have never, ever used in regards to any of those on this board. I simply state that no one in Egyptology has ever tried to figure out Giza using math and geometry because you are convinced The Ancient Egyptians never used these formulae. Well before it was just Giza and now there is a definite link between Dashur and Giza and the same simple formulae are always there, 1,2 square root of 5 and 1,1.272 and 1.618 as well as obvious ratios of 5 to 6 and 6 to 7 and ofcourse 5 to 7.
I actually think it is you who do the Ancient Egyptians a dis-service by ignoring the mounting and mountain of geometrical evidence but that is fine you are free to believe the total speculation that the change in angle was becuase of structural difficulties but it is simply speculation and "educated" guesswork. Your failure to admit that this is what it is is your downfall.
It is all guesswork as I have stated because there is no proof one way or the other of what the intentions were or are. It was Anthony's favourite reason for claiming I was wrong. Show intent and in a lot of Egypology this has never been proven.
Regardless the geometry is there and is expanding to encompass more and more so I suggest you get out of the way and off the track before it runs you over.
Cheers and good to see you again !
Don Barone
"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2008 05:33PM by Ahatmose.