Just in case there’s anyone following this blog but not my postings to the GHMB, this is something I wrote there today. Some of it is part of my posting here on Asian pyramids, but the questions continue to try to embrace new concerns, which most recently include new work on Stonehenge and the questionContinue reading “Some Half-Baked Stonehengery”
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Apologies…
Back when I was an avid patron of science publications, I often heard scientists comment about how scientists were like blindfolded men examining an elephant. One grabs its leg and declares it’s a tree, another grabs its trunk and declares it’s a snake, and so forth… Not a good way to start the New Year,Continue reading “Apologies…”
The Interpretive Use of Royal Cubits and the Mysteries of Chephren
I come to an interesting place in my adventures with ancient architecture and metrology, where I’m seemingly asked to give up my beliefs without actually giving them up. It may not be a difficult choice, but it does seem something of a strange one. Have I gotten lost? How did I get to such aContinue reading “The Interpretive Use of Royal Cubits and the Mysteries of Chephren”
What Else Is New?
On the one hand, it’s a precariously (or perhaps preposterously) ambitious thing to do to try to work out finer details of Stonehenge and Giza at the same time; on the other hand, the two developing views may complement and illuminate one another as discoveries seem to begin happening at a sometimes almost alarming rate.Continue reading “What Else Is New?”
What’s New? (Petrie’s Pyramid Rectangles, Pt 1)
Happy New Year! I hope 2020 is kinder to us all than the past year has been to many of us. I’d love to start the New Year off with a bang with some new discoveries, but I think I’ve nearly bitten off more than I can chew. Probably not a smart thing to doContinue reading “What’s New? (Petrie’s Pyramid Rectangles, Pt 1)”
More About Stonehenge, Pt 6
Something I should mention is that in interpreting Prof. Thom’s “17 Megalithic Yard” diameter for the inner Trilithon ellipse and the inner bluestone circle as 2 / 1.177245771 = 16.98880598 Megalithic Yards is that 16.98880598 x 2 Pi = 106.7438159, one of the numbers that Stonehenge seems quite fond of talking about, achieved this timeContinue reading “More About Stonehenge, Pt 6”
More About Stonehenge, Pt 5
I’m looking at Thom’s Stonehenge data again and I think the time may truly have come for the subject of symmetry breaking, although I haven’t mastered it and I’m not sure of the best way to present it. However, as hopefully demonstrated once again, there is also the matter of min, max and mean forContinue reading “More About Stonehenge, Pt 5”
The Model of Silbury Hill Last I Checked…
This is due for a review – it goes all the way back to before the “Giza standard” of accuracy on forced approximations was quite recognized – but for what it’s worth I’ll try to piece together a more complete picture of Silbury Hill instead of just referring to its base measures and projected slopeContinue reading “The Model of Silbury Hill Last I Checked…”
An Experiment with a Putative Indus Foot
Jim Wakefield managed to bring the Indus foot to my attention – it’s about 13.2 inches or 13.2 / 12 = 1.1 feet. I’d rather shy away from the subject because it could have been tough determining just how many feet that was supposed to be (1.111111111 for starters?), but I finally noticed that 13.2Continue reading “An Experiment with a Putative Indus Foot”
More About Stonehenge, Pt 4
At the minute, I’m sort of scraping the barrel here and this post may also end up happening a half at a time, but sometimes insights happen while trying to explain something and insights would certainly come in handy right about now. I suggested that the major diameter/minor diameter ratio of the inner Trilithon ellipseContinue reading “More About Stonehenge, Pt 4”
Luke Piwalker 