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To all, You must first realize the source... The San Fransisco Chronicle or The SFACLU or The 9th curcuit court and so on... What can I say, they always take a very "liberal" view on all matters in San Fransisco, the chronicle is perhaps the worst example of journalism in the country, they will print just about anything without fact checking, I consider it more of an opinion newspaby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
Hi Jon, It is a shame that someone would publish your photos without your permission. Personally, I feel you have been extremely generous with your work for the community at large, and I know we probably are only seeing a fraction. I have never heard of E. Ercivan, but I can tell you it is no surprise that he would choose your work, IMHO you have created an invaluable catalog for us all. Thby Pistol - Paper Lens
Ronald, Imagine all the choices available, literally everything north of Saqqara and plenty of locations to the south as far as Meidum. the anomaly regarding site selection from khufu on is that with only one pyramid at Giza and all the materials, workmans village, shops, craftsman etc... Djedefre went eight kilometers north to Abu Roash. The old excuse that leveling Khafre's location pby Pistol - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Greg, Happy to cite the passage here; _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Lehner, Mark ~ "The Complete Pyramids" (1997 Thames & Hudson Ltd, London; p.34) Verbatim: Pyramid an pyramidion The word for pyramid in ancient Egypt is mer. There seems to be no cosmic significance in the term itself. I.E.S. Edwardsby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
The ben-ben stone pre-dates all pyramids, thus the shape as an Icon for the sun cult in Heliopolis was well established by the time the 4th dynasty appeared. It’s hard to find material on the solar cult stone Icon; so far the best I can find is given by I.E.S. Edwards and M. Lehner’s explanation. Both of whom leave much to be desired. In the case of Lehner’s explanation I have a probby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
Scott, A very interesting concept, the 'Taylor' point unfortunately is a problem, any solutions in the works? I like the approach of starting without the site, we have to assume in the context of a group, set of three, the architect/s had a template in mind before any work began, thus a concept envisioned before hand is required. Using the stars of Orions belt appears to be a goodby Pistol - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Marc Anthony, If that is your argument against the concept perhaps you should do a bit more reading, start with the Senedjemib mastaba complex. Each mastaba complex at Giza is transgenerational, some housing as many as five generations with as many as ten chapels... Now if you don't consider mastabas as funerary structures then there is not much I can do to help you understand ancientby Pistol - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Anthony, Yes I fully ascribe to my statement made at Guardian's, very much, and thank you for posting the comment here in this forum. No I have not had a change of heart or suffered a dose of conventional wisdoms, on the contrary the more I engage in these forums I learn more about what I discovered. I do have a "constructive solution" that reveals why they were built and whatby Pistol - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
It was Horus who probably said: "the first place you go blind is right in the eye" Nothing can be explained in a page, nor 12 lines, especially the Giza Plateau. Perhaps the largest volume of evidence we have regarding these structures is found in site measurements, using those in a "constructive solution" process would only apply within a functional reason, anything shby Pistol - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Religion on the whole celebrates events, that such events are known means they were recorded as a story (mythology) and eventually celebrated yearly on specific dates. All human inventions, in the form of thought or as objects, are born from observation and desire. Religion is not a natural occurrance, rather it is man made to explain natural occurrances that form cyclical rebirth; those 2 of 4by Pistol - Ancient Egypt
Howdy Ritva!! Best Regards, B.A. Hokomby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
All human inventions can be reduced down to the art of observation, among the earliest may have been the observation and annotation of the sky at night. Repeating cycles and/or events require an explanation, as do all natural events that occur on earth. Observing all of these whether in cycles or not creates the scientific process of elimination. Hence we may assume that mathematics is partlyby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
I am wondering if anyone here may have information regarding the date of the recovered solar bark now residing in the museum next to the GP. Any c14 dating? Regards, B.A. Hokomby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
David, The raised arm god was named Heh, he represented infinity and/or one million, depending on the context of his use; holding one or two palm fronds (rnpt) as infinity in afterlife context or as a kneeling man with raised arms wearing the rnpt simbol headress representing one million which by some researchers also represents "too many to count". Heh and his consort Hauhet were tby Pistol - Ancient Egypt
Joe, Most of what you state is true, however amongst the invocation lists found in some 4th dynasty mastabas at Giza Thoth's feast occurs. I am happy to supply references from R. Parker, M. Clagett et al should you need them. Best Regards, B.A.Hokomby Pistol - Ancient History