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Tomb of Ramesses IV

 Tomb of Ramesses IV The pharaoh Ramesses IV was buried in Tomb KV2, located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The tombs of Ramesses II and VII are on either side. Ramesses died at the age of 27 in 1148 BC. He is connected to the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak. Coordinates 25.741530,32.602080 Description  The tomb is of similar design to others in that it has a corridor to the burial chamber with side rooms. It is thought to be about 75 metres long and declines about 10 metres from the entrance. Chamber E, as the antechamber, has stars painted on the ceiling. Chamber K is built with side rooms, and the burial chamber J has a vaulted ceiling with astrological patterns along with the sarcophagus. Coptic monks were said to have lived in the tomb, and in the 19th century, explorers like Jean-François Champollion had camped there. Earlier, Romans were said to have left what is considered as graffiti in the tomb. Measurements These are the tombs' measurements in metres, including the a...
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Drumtroddan Standing Stones

Drumtroddan Standing Stones 

Author Roger W Haworth


Drumtroddan Standing Stones are a small Neolithic or Bronze Age stone alignment in Dumfries and Galloway.
Drumtroddan cup and ring marks are nearby towards the northwest.


Coordinates
54.766914,-4.543598

There are three stones with one standing aligned towards the northeast. They are all 3m tall, but the central is slightly shorter at 2.7m.


Stones
Drumtroddan Standing Stones were built after the Torhouse Stone Circle but are connected to its meaning.

The stones currently align at 45° and stand at 54.76° latitude. The remaining standing stone is 3m tall, and all three have minimal crafting, which suggests that they are Neolithic.

Assuming the Drumtroddan Standing Stones are connected to the Torhouse Stone Circle dated to 2163 bc, then converting this into an angle and adding to 45° puts the angle of construction at 51.4294°. This can be a new latitude, and along it's longitude subtracting 2.688 reaches Avebury. The 2.688 would then equate to the length of the central stone at 2.7m.

2163+1985=4148
4148÷1000=4.148
4.148×1.55=6.4294
6.4294+45=51.4294

4.543598-1.855=2.688

Avebury
51.4294,-1.855


Conclusion
The standing stones seem unworked and might suggest they were older, using the date from Torhouse Stone Circle at 2163 bc, which is pivotal in reaching Avebury's location. Avebury was built slightly before Stonehenge in 2550-2500 bc and so wouldn't date before then, this then suggests they were quickly worked, so there were two equal lengths and the important 2.7m length.
This could also mean that a number of structures were built in a short space of time, adding to the idea that all of the structures in this area of Dumfries and Galloway were constructed at the same time.
Using the 3m stones or the other year of 2093 bc gives a location 10-20km away from Avebury.






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