Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina The Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina is located in Uthina , near Tunis, Tunisia . Building for Uthina began in 40 BC and continued through to 135 AD. The amphitheatre may have been a later addition to what was already a large town. Also located there were a fortress, cisterns, an aqueduct, a triumphal arch, a theatre, and a basilica with a circular crypt . Coordinates 36.608598,10.169214 Description The amphitheatre, partly buried, measures 113 by 90 meters. The arena measures 58 by 35 metres, giving surface areas of 7988 and 1539 square metres respectively. There are four entrances, two main entrances at each end, with the seating area supported by three tiers of columns and arches. (Although these are no longer there, measurements and amphitheater descriptions rely on a complete building.) Measurements for the amphitheatre on site are 12 0 by 89 metres, with the arena measuring 67 by 36 metres. The surface areas measure 10680 an d 24...
Norte Chico pyramid
The Caral Civilization or Norte Chico Civilization was a complex pre-Columbian-era society with thirty major population centres in the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru. The civilization flourished between the 4th-2nd of millennia bc, with the formation of the first city generally dated to around 3500 bc at Huaricanga in the Fortaleza area, this lasted until a period of decline around 1800 bc.
Since the early 21st century, it has been established as the oldest-known civilization in the Americas.
In archaeological nomenclature, Norte Chico is a pre-ceramic culture of the pre-Columbian Late Archaic. Their culture has been categorised as containing no ceramics goods or art.
This culture is then defined by it's architecture which includes large earthwork platform mounds and sunken circular plazas.
Coordinates
-10.892049,-77.525186
On the main site at Caral, Peru, there are multiple buildings in different states or repair, of these, there are the Caral Sacred City, Pirámide de la Galería, Pirámide Mayor and Templo del Anfiteatro.
Most if not all buildings can be said to align at 21° towards the northwest, the two largest pyramids Pirámide Mayor and Templo del Anfiteatro are opposite each other with an off set of 100m (328 ft).
From the southern pyramid (Templo del Anfiteatro), the nearest pyramid towards the northwest is at 70° and the nearest towards the northeast is at 23°.
If continuing northeast, the further pyramid is at 56° before reaching Pirámide Mayor at 100m off set, continuing northwest a pyramid is 11° from Pirámide Mayor, completing the loop.
(Measurements are made from pyramid peak or front of buildings).
Conclusion
From the final pyramid clockwise west there is an angle of 11°, the small pyramid anti-clockwise not used is at 31° from Templo del Anfiteatro and between these two is an angle of 41°, the site is at 21°.
For this purpose these buildings could align with their angles from Templo del Anfiteatro as west 70° minus 90° equals 20° or tilt and east 23° and 56° as 23.56° giving maximum tilt angle but because they are put together towards the east the same could apply towards the west.
70-90=20°
70.77−90=19.23°
23 and 56=23.56°
These numbers aren't accurate but 0.96 and 0.996 away. If considering that obliquity is reducing the tilt by 5%, then the tilt from 1985 reduces and ultimately only becomes 95% of 20° which is 19°.
The following shows at maximum tilt to minimum tilt 12886 years tilt shall continue to reduce by 5% then again for a further 1052 years as it continues towards maximum tilt again. Ultimately, this means that at that time, it is '1°' less.
6681+1985+1584+10250=20500
25772÷2=12886
(1584+10250)-12886=-1052
Then, from above, if it is just 19° clockwise, the 0.23 is applied anti-clockwise, giving 2 times 0.23 equal to 0.46 and 23° again (23.46°).
The coordinates of the site as
-10.892049,-77.525186 are switched in a similar way as 10° latitude with the 0.52 switched to the longitude and the 77° pyramid and the 0.89 possibly 1-90°.
This is interpreted in such a way that suggests the numbers from above were used when they selected the site. It is also possible that if this is correct, then the site or the buildings aren't as old as 3500 bc because of their use of modern-day degrees.
From the date 3500 bc it gives an angle of 8.502° for tilt from max, normally this would have been used or incorporated into the build but it is possible that due to the isolation in 3500 bc the builders were unaware that it was important and was incorporated in almost all builds.
It is common place with much later builds like Monte Albán, Pyramid of the Sun Teotihuacán and Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan to include tilt angle in the build and shows there was interaction with Europeans so as to achieve this.
Norte Chico Civilization
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