Some strong associations between Stonehenge’s measurements have been made, particularly with Venus, whose Orbital Pyramid of ~225 seems to be synonymous with the number of inches in WMF Petrie’s neglected unit of ancient measurement detected at Stonehenge – but what of the other planets? Well, my calendar tables are still experimental works in progress, whichContinue reading “Stonehenge’s Sky Whispers”
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Hormiguero: Harmless Enough at First Sight…
I admit I’m not really all that much of a Star Wars fan (not since the alien Jamaican donkey, anyway), although there’s a certain appropriateness about the alias “Luke Piwalker” beyond being a catchy name with “Pi” in it, and Tikal having been used as a Star Wars location. In a very real sense, MichaelContinue reading “Hormiguero: Harmless Enough at First Sight…”
A New “Wonder Number” From Rio Bec?
As usual, I will try to keep the history lesson brief. The Rio Bec Mayan archaeological site lent its name to a style of architecture that is though to have persisted some 500 years, from about 700-1200 AD. Rio Bec style architecture is noted for imposing pairs of towers featuring facades that imply pyramid temples.Continue reading “A New “Wonder Number” From Rio Bec?”
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 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…”
Pi From The Sky
A fundamental premise of Carl Munck’s teachings was that ancient monuments reveal mathematical formulas that only tell us “why they are where they are”, but that can also tell us where other monuments are, forming in essence an ancient global positioning system, and even inspiring hope of being able to use his grid system toContinue reading “Pi From The Sky”
Pi Jedi 101
As things begin to assume something of a holding pattern, perhaps it’s a good time to do a bit of reviewing. Our Founder, Carl Munck, went as far as introducing a lot of redundancy into his materials – very frustrating for long-time followers – to make his publications more “stand-alone” for anyone who might haveContinue reading “Pi Jedi 101”
Relating Ancient Units to Each Other in General
I’m not entirely sure I’m up for a full discourse at the moment – and perhaps the esteemed reader isn’t either as things do get rather complicated soon enough – but after writing about the relationships of ancient units through circular geometry, I’ve been dwelling on the ways of relating ancient units in general. InContinue reading “Relating Ancient Units to Each Other in General”
Further Work With the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid
Continuing from the previous post, it looks as if the distances from the pavement to the base of the King’s Chamber walls represent Venus Orbital Period ~224.7 to 225 / 16 and the distances from the pavement to the floor of the King’s Chamber represent Solar Year / Precessional Cycle as ~365 to 365.25 /Continue reading “Further Work With the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid”
Luke Piwalker 