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...
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The Temple of Poseidon is located at Cape Sounion, Greece, and is dedicated to the god Poseidon.
The temple is believed to date from between 700 and 440 BCE.
The god Poseidon is commonly perceived as carrying a trident and presiding over the sea. He is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
Coordinates
37.650179,24.024523
Description
The average elevation for the area is 60 metres because of the incline, with the average temple base height of 64.6 metres and 62.9 metres for the base around the temple.
The temple currently appears as having 9 by 6 pillars but illustrations show a temple of 13 by 6 pillars originally.
The temple faces southeast at an angle of 14° and when it was built would have faced 3.76°/4.16° less. (72° northeast)
3.76° for 440 BCE
4.16° for 700 BCE
This angle toward the southeast would have been 10.24° or 9.84°.
(The Parthenon in Athens has a similar angle of 3.77° less when constructed.)
Measurements
The outer base can be considered as:
Outer
35 metres by 22 metres
770 sq m
Inner
28 metres by 15 metres
420 sq m
The ancient Greek unit of the orgyia is 1.85m.
The ratio of the two areas equals 1.83
770÷420=1.833.
Conclusion
It is understood that the ancient Greeks used metres. In particular, the Parthenon, built around the same time, used metres.
If the Greek units of orgyiai are used, then these numbers would then be:
Outer: 18.92 by 11.89
Inner: 15.14 by 8.11
If the area divided, would equate to 1.9, or 0.526.
228 ÷ 120 = 1.9
120 ÷ 228 = 0.526
These, though, have been rounded to the nearest whole number, as might be thought, and do not give a number of 1.912 and 0.523 for an Egyptian royal cubic, as might have been thought. (Accurate numbers in a ratio produce 1.833 and 0.545)
These numbers, however, produce as a ratio the number 568, which could indicate an event in 568 BCE where a temple was destroyed and later rebuilt. Its angle aligns quite near Baalbek, Lebanon, but much nearer to Kamouh el Hermel in Lebanon.
This is a Roman build, but it is known that older buildings once stood there, and some of their material was used for the Kamouh el Hermel.
It is possible that the measurements are more accurate than listed and then would produce a more accurate explanation.
As it is, it is quite normal for temples to align toward the southeast, and this temple's numbers hint at links to ancient Greece and Rome.
A 440 BCE build with a site clearing perhaps 20 years earlier is accurate.
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Outer: 18.92 by 11.89
Inner: 15.14 by 8.11
If the area divided, would equate to 1.9, or 0.526.
228 ÷ 120 = 1.9
120 ÷ 228 = 0.526
These, though, have been rounded to the nearest whole number, as might be thought, and do not give a number of 1.912 and 0.523 for an Egyptian royal cubic, as might have been thought. (Accurate numbers in a ratio produce 1.833 and 0.545)
These numbers, however, produce as a ratio the number 568, which could indicate an event in 568 BCE where a temple was destroyed and later rebuilt. Its angle aligns quite near Baalbek, Lebanon, but much nearer to Kamouh el Hermel in Lebanon.
This is a Roman build, but it is known that older buildings once stood there, and some of their material was used for the Kamouh el Hermel.
It is possible that the measurements are more accurate than listed and then would produce a more accurate explanation.
As it is, it is quite normal for temples to align toward the southeast, and this temple's numbers hint at links to ancient Greece and Rome.
A 440 BCE build with a site clearing perhaps 20 years earlier is accurate.
Archeology77 ©
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