I hadn’t actually intended to post a series on Palenque. I’d merely wanted to share some interpretive work with readers because so little has been on the subject, but recent successes have increased my curiosity, and my confidence that maybe the answers are attainable. Something else that provides some encouragement and intrigue is the particularContinue reading “A Postcard from Palenque #5”
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A Postcard from Palenque #4
How about another look the Temple of the Count at Palenque? In the first post in this series, it was noted that In the Temple of the Count, we find recurrence of the measure of 2.71 m = 8.891076115 ft, looking very much like one of the rather popular simple “backhanded” forms of the VenusContinue reading “A Postcard from Palenque #4”
A Postcard from Palenque #3
Regrettably, for the work I’ve done on Palenque so far, I don’t think I really have anything I’d consider a finished model of any structure there, and it might be good to have such a thing to help clarify the spirit of Palenque’s architectural and astronomical mathematics. The Casa de Leon (House of the Lion,Continue reading “A Postcard from Palenque #3”
A Postcard from Palenque #2
On the road toward – hopefully – a deeper understanding of the mathematics of Palenque, I think I might have a few more minor observations to cobble together. At House G of the Palace, the South Room measures according to George Andrews 13.12 m long, 2.50 m wide, and 2.13 m high. In feet that’sContinue reading “A Postcard from Palenque #2”
A Postcard from Palenque
I’m not going to aspire to a definitive discussion of the subject, but I was wondering of it might be time to return to the data on Palenque. I’ve made previous efforts, but I’m not sure how satisfied I am with the results overall. Palenque I think The Temple of the Foliated Cross may beContinue reading “A Postcard from Palenque”
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