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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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Rillaton Barrow

Rillaton Barrow











Rillaton Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Cornwall. Archaeological finds from the site date it to 2300 BCE.



Coordinates
50.521054,-4.455809



Description
Rillaton Barrow comprises several large cut stones and a barrow that is currently blocked. The large stones do not form any shape, and other stones are scattered about as if they are offcuts, with a possible quarry a few hundred metres northwest.
The barrow has a dip in front. This dip gives the appearance that part of it has been excavated or removed.
Its appearance is similar to how Trethevy Quoit possibly appeared and was described as being covered.


Analysis
Rillaton Barrow could be linked to nearby Trethevy Quoit and The Pipers by date.
Alignment suggests 2285 BCE, which is after construction ratios of 5.5 and 11 were used.
These ratios are known to have been used by the ancient Egyptians, who are also thought to have altered other monuments using these ratios.

Neolithic people are known to have used simply shaped stone marker points, usually five or six feet in length. These marked out areas of interest. They also used larger, simply shaped stones to mark events, usually grouped together.
At this location, both can be found.

Bronze Age people improved on their skills and included astrological links along with tilt.
The barrow aligns at 27° toward the northeast. It is currently at 50.521° latitude and 345 metres in elevation.
The difference from the current tilt would be between 8.5° and 10° for Neolithic people and 4.1° and 8.5° for Bronze Age people.
Using the winter sunrise of 39.1° subtracted from the latitude gives an angle that falls during 5383 BCE.
50.521°−39.1°=11.421°
5383 BCE
15.58° northeast
Other angles would give much larger or smaller dates, which wouldn’t connect with anything.
Neolithic people have been shown to use yards, so an elevation of 345 metres is 377 yards or 1,131 feet.



Conclusion
It is likely that this is a Neolithic barrow that may have been used multiple times, beginning at a time that it aligned at 39° toward sunrise in winter. This would be symbolic as the year's end links with the passing of a loved one.
It suggests that it was in use from about 5800–5700 BCE until about 4200 BCE.

As there are nearby monuments using the number 5.5/11 but have been shown to date much later, it is possible that an adjustment was made, probably using some stones to build another monument. This would have been around 2300-2200 BCE.

(The other monument could have been Trethevy Quoit)




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