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Amphitheatre Pompeii

Amphitheatre Pompeii The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre. It is situated in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ad. It is located to the east of the city and the edge of the eruption. It measures 135m long and 104m wide, the arena's pit is measured at 6m below ground level and was built in 70 bc. Coordinates 40.751827,14.494962 Measurements 135m x 104m (341ft x 443ft) 76.2m x 38.1m ( 250ft x 125ft) Angled at 60° towards northwest Area π×341×443= 474578 π×250×125= 98175 474578× 98175= 46591695150 46591695150÷223= 208931368 π×341×450= 482077 482077× 98175= 47327909475 47327909475÷223= 212232777 Roman Units The Roman cubit (cubitum) was 1½ Roman feet (17.48 inches) Five Roman feet made the pace (passus), 1.48 metres (58.23 inches). If considering a standardised unit, the Roman foot was probably used here, making the above whole units in 5's as if a passus. If applying again, the amph

The Rollright Stones

The Rollright Stones The Rollright Stones are a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments near the village of Long Compton, on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. They were constructed from local oolitic limestone  and are thought to date to the 4th-2nd millennium bc, they  are known as the King's Men, the Whispering Knights in Oxfordshire and the King Stone in Warwickshire. The King's Men is the stone circle consisting of 57 stones, the Whispering Knights is a collection of 6 stones, and the King Stone is by itself. The three create a triangle with the angles as 19°/58°/103° between them, if the area in feet is divided by 3600 a number near the vertical angle (62°) is produced with the perimeter divided by the horizontal angle (4°) producing 689ft. (This uses the measurements sides as 1250ft/1088ft/417ft) 221374÷3,600=61.5 2756÷4=689 1250÷1088=1.15 1088÷417=2.61 The ratios reducing give the numbers 1.15 and 2.61 but multipled give the foll

Dolmen de Keriaval 

Dolmen de Keriaval   The Dolmen de Keriaval is a dolmen near Carnac in Morbihan, France, it is located in a wood northeast of the hamlet of Keriaval and is 2.743km away from Carnac through an angle of 40° about an arc due to the size of the site. Other sites nearby include the Mané-Kerioned dolmen which is located 175m to the west at 7°, the Kluder-Yer dolmen 422m to the north at 82°, the Crucuny alignment about 400 m to the north-east, menhirs from Kériaval about 130 m to the east, alignment of Kériaval about 110 m to the southwest and the Dolmen de Kéric-la-Lande about 1200m at 4.5° towards the north. Dolmen de Kermario on the Carnac site is 2550m at 29.5° towards the south. Coordinates 47.615349,-3.083279 Altitude 15m (49ft) Dolmen de Keriaval can be best described as two dolmens both not in good condition. Both dolmens point towards the southwest with one at 45° and the other at 63°. Conclusion Although unlike the typical shaped dolmen like the Dolmen de Kermario and Dolmen 

Templo Mayor

Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan The Templo Mayor, Spanish for Greater Temple, was the main temple of the Aztec people in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, located in modern-day Mexico City. It was part of the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica, 900-1521 ad (1200-1450 ad more accurately based on livestock sacrifices but continuing until 1521 ad). The two shrines on the pyramid represented both Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, and Tlaloc, the god of rain and agriculture. The construction of the first Templo Major began sometime after 1325 ad (rebuilt six times), and the temple was said to be destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 ad to make way for the cathedral. Coordinates 19.434884,-99.131149 Other temples The spire, a circular building, was devoted to Quetzalcoatl in his form as the wind god Ehecatl, to its left was the Sun Temple, Tonatiuh. The Calmecac Complex was towards the right, and another Skull Rack and Sepent Wall were located in the centre. On either side of this were temp

Chichen Itza's Tomb

Chichen Itza's Tomb  Chichen Itza's the Tomb of the High Priest also known as the Ossuary or Osario, which means burial place, is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico. It is thought to have been built by the Mayan people from the Terminal Classic period 800-900 ad and is  similar to other builds. It is made up of seven layers and features feathered serpents statues. Coordinates 20.681478,-88.570692 Chichen Itza's tomb for the high priest from the Platform of the Jaguar is roughly 1098 feet (329.4m) at 28.5° away towards the south. It is 30 feet  high with a 36-foot deep shaft at the centre. There is a Lunar pattern that forms e very 756 years (in 36 years) of solar eclipses. These form in pairs with the next as 1097/1098 bc. From the years 1854 bc to 342 bc, there are 2x756 years, when adding 1.72° to 342 and dividing by 1854, a golden ratio is produced. 1854+756=1098 bc 1854+756+756=342 bc 342+1.72=343.72 Converting as feet into metres and subtractin

Pyramid of Hermel

Pyramid of Hermel The Pyramid of Hermel or Karmouh el Hermel is an ancient pyramid located 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) south of Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. The Pyramid of Hermel is also known as God's Pyramid, House of El, the Funnel of Hermel, Needle of Hermel, and located nearby, is the ‘Āmūd al Hirmil monument. The Karmouh el Hermel is thought to date to the 1st century bc and was partly restored in 1931, it sits on three steps of black basalt stone 1m high with a maximum height of 27 metres (89 ft). The pyramid itself is made entirely of small stone blocks similar to the ones it was repaired with, a winding path roughly at 32° leads towards the southwest. The ‘Āmūd al Hirmil monument could have been built from the remains of a building destroyed, various stones litter the area of which some could be parts of the Karmouh el Hermel which has been slightly repaired. Coordinates 34.364297,36.415596 Altitude 728m 2388ft Measurement Assuming Karmouh el Herme