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...
Carnac Stones
The Carnac Stones or Alignements de Carnac in Bretagne, France, were built by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany.
There are 3000 stones of local granite, and the sites date to 4500/3300 bc.
There are a number of monuments built in this area about this time, and they are the Kermario alignments with 1029 stones, the Kerlescan alignments with 550 stones, and the Ménec alignments with 1050 stones.
One possible reason for the build is an alignment with glacial movement. This is partly because the rows vary slightly from each other and the Gravinis site, which is suggested to date to 4655 bc. The site of Gravinis has an eleven metres capstone, and the site at maximum tilt was about 11 metres above sea. Other sites in western France from a later date pertain to connect with Gravinis and Carnac by their builds at an altitude of 11 metres. Some have also been altered to be 19 metres above sea level.
Stones
The stones have been quarried and erected in lines. They vary in angle between the left and right sides.
The angles are as follows:
Left
19°,19°,21°,21°,21°,20°,20°,20°,19°,18°
Right
21°,19°,20°,17°,17°,16°,18°,17°,16°,17°
If the two sides depict glacial melt, they then suggest an increased melt from the left side as the build progresses before slowing and increasing on the right side.
Conclusion
As a depiction of glacial melt, it is difficult to confirm as the ice has long ago melted. A yearly melt would seem quite extreme, and then it might depict every ten years giving a total of sixty years.
Why these people felt they needed to follow it is unknown, also even in the 21st century this area of land is above sea level.
What someone might expect after would be a melt rate depicted in either stone height, number, or as saros patterns. It is unclear if these exist.
Another possibility would be a stone erected per event. This could be the death of a person or marking a year or a seasonal tracker. In the latter, the stones could depict a harvest yield.
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