I hope it doesn’t end up in one of those debates about the accuracy of WMF Petrie’s measurements of Giza, but in the previous post I suggested that at the Palace of Vertical Grooves, the ancient Maya may have been “trying to tell us” to remember that 4.657577612 may be a “Wonder Number”, and itContinue reading “The Great Pyramid’s Missing Capstone”
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The Palace of Vertical Grooves at Tikal
Encouraged by what seems to me to be some success with the initial efforts at interpreting Maler’s Palace, I made a fresh attempt at interpreting the rooms in one section of Tikal’s Palace of the Vertical Grooves (Tikal structure 5E-58), Rooms 23-29. I also managed to find a body of previous work in the PalaceContinue reading “The Palace of Vertical Grooves at Tikal”
A Jewel from Maler’s Palace?
I find myself wanting to get back to ancient America and the wealth of data from George Andrews, which I think I’ve really still barely scratched the surface of. I’m sure Tikal still has more to teach us, and I’ve still really done little with Andrews’ data for structures aside from the Temple Pyramid temples.Continue reading “A Jewel from Maler’s Palace?”
At The Altar of Heaven
The evening I started writing this, I sat down with John Neal’s Ancient Metrology Vol 1: A Numerical Code for the first time. One of the things I’m very glad to find in this book is a reference to data on China’s “Altar of Heaven” although the nature of the data seems to come asContinue reading “At The Altar of Heaven”
On The Great Pyramid’s Diagonal Length
One of the numbers seemingly recorded at Giza through measurement that doesn’t seem to get discussed often enough it the Great Pyramid’s diagonal length, particularly that derived from Carl Munck’s model of the Great Pyramid. I know I make passing reference to it often enough, but I can’t remember the last time I wrote somethingContinue reading “On The Great Pyramid’s Diagonal Length”
The Quest for an Ancient Unified Metrological System
Here is the first of several new diagrams, this one concerned with how metrological systems may have descended from calendar systems, and how they might have quickly evolved. I of course don’t know how things really happened, but hopefully it’s easy enough to see that they could have happened so that the big three ancientContinue reading “The Quest for an Ancient Unified Metrological System”
Michell and Neal and Me
Having made a number of disclaimers in various places the last several days about how metrology systems turned out for John Michell and John Neal, I am pleased to be able to say for trying to give them both as much benefit of a doubt as possible, I may have indeed found that the severalContinue reading “Michell and Neal and Me”
Too Many Cooks?
I’m sure most of us have heard the old expression, “Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth”. Before I manage to dilute or misdirect the point I’m trying to make, this is not the statement I wish to make about alternative metrology. Quite the contrary, I’m quite aware of the various contributions to the greater workContinue reading “Too Many Cooks?”
A Little More Cempoala, Anyone?
I’d like to see if I can perhaps get a little further with Cempoala’s “Temple of the Deities of the Air”. For the circular parts, Raineri gives us diameters of 17, 24, and 34 “ma units” of “.499 m” = 1.637139108 ft. I’ve pointed out that the difference between 24 and 17 is 24 –Continue reading “A Little More Cempoala, Anyone?”
Here’s to Mr. Munck…
Lately I seem to find myself in discussions of different interpretive styles of math that touch on the subject of simplicity. I think sometimes that those of us who become more intimately involved with a particular style of mathematics may tend to forget that what what we are doing may not look quite so simpleContinue reading “Here’s to Mr. Munck…”
Luke Piwalker 