Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are located in Alexandria, Egypt. Half a kilometer to the northeast is the Serapeum of Alexandria, which is another archaeological site in the area. The Serapeum of Alexandria is considered to have been built by the Greeks in the 3rd century BC. Coordinates 31.178942, 29.893170 Description The site is thought to date to the Hellenistic period, and Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural attributes can be found throughout. The site is considered to have three levels dug into the rock, being up to 35 meters deep. The Catacombs consist of a triclinium, dining room, rotunda, Hall of Caracalla, and sarcophagi. The entrance is from the southeast side near the staircase at a 40° angle. The Catacombs' size is 25 metres by 50 metres. It is thought the site was an earlier burial ground where visitors brought clay pots of food for themselves, leaving the pots as they departed. Hence, this is where the name derived from. Analysis The tomb...
Angkor Wat អង្គរវត្ត
Angkor Wat in present day Angkor is a Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world.
Originally, a Hindu temple but by completion was converted for Buddhist.
Coordinates
Left
13.406791,103.859743
Right
13.406729,103.873419
Top left
13.418348,103.859873
The outer moat is 1480m long, 1249m wide, and is off by 6.7m east/west, at an angle of 0.26°. The temple itself is 200m by 175m, and a ratio here gives 0.875 +-0.03.
The temple is aligned east/west, and a 40° angle best describes the angle north with 41° towards the south.
Assuming the ratio length/width is the same, then it is about 0.875 +-0.03.
Suryavarman II and Jayavarman VII were both kings of the Khmer Empire during the building of Angkor Wat.
Suryavarman II was a Khmer king from 1113 ad to 1145-1150 ad, and Jayavarman VII was the king from 1181-1218.
Latitude
When using the equatorial circumference for the location, the following measurements are produced from the above coordinates. This shows that it is slightly rectangular and has an offset horizon from maximum tilt.
40075 × cos(13.406791)=38982.89
6.7m
1249m
1480m
The cubed root of length times width times by offset produces 822. This then from maximum tilt is the year 1163.
The second part shows that through their 'ratios of rule' ÷ by years from 1163 puts it about 1½ years off the midpoint between the two.
³√(1249×1480)×6.7=822.273
1985-822=1163 ad
1113-1150 ad
1181-1218 ad
'32'
13
1163
18
'37'
Conclusion
This suggests by it's size that completion was at some time between the two kings and as the site was so large that they used it to interpret a completion date. They used a date on either side of the maximum tilt offset, which produces a date and indicates either side of construction.
The area used for construction was probably chosen so as to be near a water source, in this case Siem Reap River. It is one of many constructions in the area, and although large in size is dwarfed by the nearby Angkor Thom and West Mebon (Baray).
Although the year 822 earlier from 1985 (1163 ad) is in the ratio of √φ° the site or temple isn't in the same ratio.
Overall, this suggests that although some alignment and ratios were included along with sunrise and sunset, the purpose of the temple was more spiritual and ritual than astrological.
Angkor Wat in present day Angkor is a Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world.
Originally, a Hindu temple but by completion was converted for Buddhist.
Coordinates
Left
13.406791,103.859743
Right
13.406729,103.873419
Top left
13.418348,103.859873
The outer moat is 1480m long, 1249m wide, and is off by 6.7m east/west, at an angle of 0.26°. The temple itself is 200m by 175m, and a ratio here gives 0.875 +-0.03.
The temple is aligned east/west, and a 40° angle best describes the angle north with 41° towards the south.
Assuming the ratio length/width is the same, then it is about 0.875 +-0.03.
Suryavarman II and Jayavarman VII were both kings of the Khmer Empire during the building of Angkor Wat.
Suryavarman II was a Khmer king from 1113 ad to 1145-1150 ad, and Jayavarman VII was the king from 1181-1218.
Latitude
When using the equatorial circumference for the location, the following measurements are produced from the above coordinates. This shows that it is slightly rectangular and has an offset horizon from maximum tilt.
40075 × cos(13.406791)=38982.89
6.7m
1249m
1480m
The cubed root of length times width times by offset produces 822. This then from maximum tilt is the year 1163.
The second part shows that through their 'ratios of rule' ÷ by years from 1163 puts it about 1½ years off the midpoint between the two.
³√(1249×1480)×6.7=822.273
1985-822=1163 ad
1113-1150 ad
1181-1218 ad
'32'
13
1163
18
'37'
Conclusion
This suggests by it's size that completion was at some time between the two kings and as the site was so large that they used it to interpret a completion date. They used a date on either side of the maximum tilt offset, which produces a date and indicates either side of construction.
The area used for construction was probably chosen so as to be near a water source, in this case Siem Reap River. It is one of many constructions in the area, and although large in size is dwarfed by the nearby Angkor Thom and West Mebon (Baray).
Although the year 822 earlier from 1985 (1163 ad) is in the ratio of √φ° the site or temple isn't in the same ratio.
Overall, this suggests that although some alignment and ratios were included along with sunrise and sunset, the purpose of the temple was more spiritual and ritual than astrological.
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