While Carl Munck’s printed materials may get harder and harder to find, some of his video lectures are circulating via Internet and are easy to locate, and I’d like to recommend them to anyone who might be even remotely interested. Even if we end up having to ignore his conclusions about maps, his conclusions aboutContinue reading “Lessons With the Master”
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Irregularity in Ancient Architecture: Upping the Ante on Data Capacity?
Structural Irregularity: Accidental or Deliberate? (And a “New” 2 Pi Root ratio from the Valley of the Kings) These are some notes on data from Kent Weeks from the Valley of the Kings. One reason these were of interest is because there’s some debate (or should be) concerning the meaning of apparent errors in ancientContinue reading “Irregularity in Ancient Architecture: Upping the Ante on Data Capacity?”
The Tower of Babel Story: (Another) Ancient Number Puzzle?
Member Ginkgo on the GMBH recently inquired whether the Gobekli Tepi site could be the legendary site of Babel and after a few days of looking at the thread sitting there, it dredged up a memory of hearing a version of the Tower of Babel story that had mankind being divided into 12 tongues andContinue reading “The Tower of Babel Story: (Another) Ancient Number Puzzle?”
Lessons from Asian Pyramids?
I’m still missing some old posts by Michael L. Morton, so I was digging in some old files and stumbled over a folder on Asian Pyramids. Several of them have little bits of data from unknown sources and a couple of architectural diagrams, although there may be some confusion as to which diagrams and measurementsContinue reading “Lessons from Asian Pyramids?”
A “New” “2 Pi Root”, the Pyramid of Meidum, and Ancient Geodesy Part 1
Ancient Geodesy I almost hesitate to leap from metrology to geodesy (Wikipedia: geodesy, also named geodetics, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth) – I have enough unbelievable things to tell people about the mathematical prowess of ancient people as it is. Even some of the most open-minded people seem to struggle toContinue reading “A “New” “2 Pi Root”, the Pyramid of Meidum, and Ancient Geodesy Part 1″
More About Stonehenge
The Mean Circumference of the Sarcen Circle With the model we have so far, which thus far only describes the sarcen circle, we have circumference values of 326.4209971 ft (outer circumference) or 120 Meg Yards of 2.720174976 feet, and 305.7985077 ft (inner circumference). We can also determine a mean circumference value — 326.4209971 + 305.7985077Continue reading “More About Stonehenge”
Loitering In Doorways, Mathematically…
…So to speak. This has to be one of my favorite activities the past few years. When I returned to my studies of ancient architecture and decided that Mesoamerica remained a neglected subject (it’s amazing the amount of attention that Egypt commands for its few pyramids compared to the astonishing number of pyramids in theContinue reading “Loitering In Doorways, Mathematically…”
The Sharpest Tools In My Kit
When confronted with an unfamiliar number, I use various strategies to try to identify it. If someone wants to try their hand at Munck’s style of math and have their own adventures with it, they may often encounter numbers that they’re not sure belong to the system of numbers or not. When we can takeContinue reading “The Sharpest Tools In My Kit”
Luke Piwalker 