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May 17, 2024, 5:51 am UTC    
October 10, 2009 08:12AM
I'm afraid you are all focussing on the wrong walls/s.
My fault - I should have provided a link.

The ones I have in mind are those referred to by Clive in the thread [www.hallofmaat.com] and subsequent related threads.
Do bear in mind that these particular walls - what's left of them - are just one example of the doubtful reference points 'found' at Giza.

I don't deny the possibility of some of the arithmetical/geometrical patterns found being intentional.
But I do have serious doubts about these patterns encoding any kind of information (square roots, planetary cycles, and so on).

As much as I admire (from a technical viewpoint) the efforts of Clive, Don, Ogygos and others, I feel that churning out pattern after pattern is getting everybody nowhere.
I already feel that the Giza Plateau is in imminent danger of becoming like Salisbury Plain and disappearing under a bewildering and impenetrable mesh of geometric patterns.

Would it not be sensible to put the proverbial brakes on and go back to the beginning?
For example, take an obvious - to us - meaningful geometric pattern (say, a right-angled triangle formed by the clear-cut corners of three major structures from the same period, and containing the square root of 3) and ask ourselves: was what we see/find in this geometric shape as meaningful to the AEs as it is to us - and then set out to find the answer?

Now I think about it, the biggest single problem is the way that discoverers of these 'meaningful' patterns keep skirting the question of intent.
For example (a rather simple one, I admit, but it's the best I can come up with at the moment), the floorplan of the King's Chamber is a 2 x 1 (1 x 2, if one prefers) rectangle.
What was the AEs intent here?
To show the world that they knew the square root of 5 and, by dividing the floorplan into two squares, the square root of 2?
Or was there no such intent and the floorplan is 2 x 1/1 x 2 because, say, the planner found it aesthetically pleasing?

I'm going to put my neck in a noose here and suggest that 99% plus of the 'meaningful arithmatical/geometrical patterns' being discovered at Giza are entirely imaginary.
If you think I'm wrong (and I accept I could well be), then play fair and provide at least some evidence of intent.

Regards to all,

MJ
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More Phi at Giza: A new discovery (theory) of what is going on at Giza

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MJ Thomas 2 October 09, 2009 08:12PM

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Don Barone October 09, 2009 08:52PM

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RLH October 10, 2009 04:26AM

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Don Barone October 10, 2009 06:34AM

Not Phi but interesting nevertheless.

Don Barone October 10, 2009 07:30AM

Even more interesting

Don Barone October 10, 2009 07:48AM

This is even more interesting ...

Don Barone October 10, 2009 08:06AM

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MJ Thomas 2 October 10, 2009 08:12AM

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MJ Thomas 2 October 10, 2009 10:51AM

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Don Barone October 10, 2009 11:22AM

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Don Barone October 11, 2009 01:33PM

Could The Ancient Egyptians Have Been This Clever

Don Barone October 10, 2009 10:37AM

A bit about The "Queens" Pyramids

Don Barone October 11, 2009 01:01PM

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Don Barone October 11, 2009 01:30PM

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Don Barone October 11, 2009 01:52PM

Most ingenius ...

Don Barone October 11, 2009 02:39PM

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Don Barone October 11, 2009 04:10PM

Checking The Math ... and it looks good !

Don Barone October 11, 2009 04:52PM

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Don Barone October 11, 2009 05:49PM

Re: Checking The Math ... and it looks good !

Don Barone October 11, 2009 06:10PM

Re: Checking The Math ... and it looks good !

Don Barone October 11, 2009 08:28PM

Re: Checking The Math ... and it looks good !

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Re: Checking The Math ... and it looks good !

Don Barone October 11, 2009 10:11PM



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